Carolina Lifestyle – Health Care

Let's face it…Health Care and by that I mean at least good health care seems to be pretty close to the top of the list of what makes an area onto a list of the best places to live in the Carolinas.

However, depending upon your lifestyle needs you may require a very close proximity to some of North Carolina and South Carolinas leading providers.

Both North Carolina and South Carolina have excellent health care facilities and Medical Universities.  However to be honest, geographical areas are not created equal where healthcare is concerned.

If your lifestyle includes the need for excellent health care facilities close by…

North Carolina is home to four medical universities:

UNC Hospitals are located at Chapel Hill, North Carolina:

• The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health care system, owned by the State of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill.
• One of it's missions is teaching at the University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art patient care.
• UNC Health Care has been granted broad powers by the North Carolina General Assembly to assure its management flexibility and competitiveness in a rapidly changing health care business environment.

Duke University in Durham, North Carolina:

• Duke offers every level of health service, from prevention and primary care to the most sophisticated specialty services, at locations throughout central North Carolina and beyond.
• The flagship Duke University Hospital on our Duke University Medical Center campus, Durham Regional Hospital, and Duke Raleigh Hospital — as well as home care and hospice services and dozens of primary and specialty care clinics in communities throughout the region.

Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina:

• Wake Forest "University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC), one of the nation’s preeminent academic medical centers, is an integrated health care system that operates 1,056 acute care, rehabilitation, long-term, and psychiatric care beds, outpatient services, and community health and information centers.
• The Medical Center has 22 subsidiary or affiliate hospitals and operates more than 100 outreach activities throughout the region.

East Carolina University in Greenville, NC

• University Health Systems strives to support local medical communities and to work with providers throughout the region to deliver quality care.
• The goal of East Carolina University is to enhance services that are available locally and to eliminate barriers involving time, distance and lack of awareness that sometimes prevent patients from receiving the care they need.

South Carolina has a medical college in Charleston, and major hospitals in Columbia, SC and Greenville SC/Spartanburg.

• "The MUSC Wellness Center in Charleston, SC is a facility dedicated to good health.  The center fosters the development of healthy lifestyles through the promotion of wellness attitudes and practices.

Be sure as you research finding your best place to live in North Carolina and South Carolina, you decide on an area that serves your health care needs and before you move, find out the health care costs in that area.

No matter whether you decide to move to in North Carolina or South Carolina, you will be well cared for.  Both states have excellent health care facilities.

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Bob Bencivenga is a professional site locator and location analyst for major corporations. Bob researches the growth of NC and SC to find the Best Places to Retire or Relocate that are still affordable.

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