Good physical and mental health are important for Well-being, with good physical health also positively impacting on mental health. Good health enables more participation in society and in the labour market, themselves important indicators of personal and societal Well-being. Society has a clear interest in knowing if its citizens are leading healthy lives and if people have unmet medical needs this needs to be known given the importance of health to general Well-being.
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