This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Provision of free medical services to the people at the government expense in known as: 
Select and explain. 
A. Social Medicine, B. Socialised Medicine, C. State Medicine, D. Preventive Medicine
C: State Medicine
Answer: C: State Medicine 
Explanation: State Medicine: Provision of free medical services to the people at the government expense. Note: Socialized Medicine: It is provision of medical services and professional education as in state medicine, but the programme is operated by professional groups rather than by the state. Social Medicine: It consists mainly of knowledge of epidemiology and the study of medical needs and medical care of the society. Ref: Park, 21st Edition, Page 8.