Socialized medicine is
Health care at people's expense
Charitable care at government expense
Free medical care at government expense, regulated by professional groups.
Integration of social medicine with Health care.
*State Medicine: Provision of free medical services to the people at government expense*Socialized Medicine: Provision of medical service and professional education by the state, but the programme is operated and regulated by professional groups rather than by the government.*Social Medicine: study of social, economical, environmental, cultural, psychological and genetic factors, which have a bearing on health.
Concept of health and disease