Zdravstvenim

Zdravstvenim is the instrumental singular form of the adjective zdravstveni, used in several South Slavic languages to denote relation to health or health care. As a grammatical form, it appears in noun phrases and is typically found in contexts requiring the instrumental case. In everyday and official language, it describes anything related to health, medical services, or the health care system.

Zdravstveni derives from zdravstvo (health care) with the suffix -stven- that forms adjectives meaning health-related. The word expresses attributes, programs, institutions, or policies connected to health.

It is commonly seen in phrases such as zdravstvenim osiguranjem (health insurance), zdravstvenim uslugama (health services), or zdravstvenim sustavom (health system). The form is used with masculine or neuter nouns in instrumental case and may appear with verbs or prepositions requiring that case.

Zdravstveni and its instrumental form appear in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Slovenian. While the exact form and agreement change across languages, the core meaning remains health-related.

Related terms include zdravstvo (health care), zdravlje (health), and zdravstveni (health-related).