Health systems are complex entities, involving the development of appropriate policies and legal frameworks, mobilization and allocation of resources, organization, and actual delivery of services, as well as the timely evaluation of these components. Ultimately, the goal of such a system and each of its parts is to improve the mental and physical health of the population it seeks to serve, revealed in terms of enhanced well-being or declining rates of morbidity and mortality.
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