Chapter 13- The consumers of health care (Exam #2) Flashcards
Describe the imperfect relationship between the need and the demand for healthcare.
- consumers who need health care services don’t use them
- consumers who don’t need them use them a lot
What serves as intermediaries between health care consumer and the point of service?
third-parties
Historically, who is the “gatekeeper”?
physicians
____________ have begun taking a more active roll in decision making when it comes to health care consumption.
Third-party payers, government health care financing agencies and employers
21st century health is defined as what 3 elements?
overall well-being, including physical, mental and social elements.
T/F?
A customer or patron is described as a person who purchases a product or nonprofessional service such as groceries or a new suit?
true
Client or Patient ?
Individuals served by health care providers?
patients
____________ are defined as individuals awaiting or under medical care or treatment.
patients
T/F?
Patrons are described as customers of professional services?
false
-clients
What are RPh focusing there services on? (7)
- management of medication therapy and health
- the sale of health foods
- focus on supplements
- capitalizing on holistic approach
- selling candles or aromatherapy
- screening and immunizations
- referring to other services (hypnosis, PT, massage)
What is the negative side effect the shift towards consumerism?
HCP can target audience and help who they want and avoid the ones that they don’t
What do health care consumers ethically expect from professional practioner? (4)
- non-malfeasance
- beneficence
- justice
- veracity
non-malfeasance
acting in a manner that places the patients welfare above self- interest; that will do no harm to the patient
beneficence
help the patient meet his or her needs
justice
to treat patients in a fair and equitable manner
veracity
be truthful with patients in providing information about their health status
and treatment
__________ was created when consumers were not willing to pay for health
care services for which the provider incurred cost
incongruities
Where do consumers most often get their health
information? (2)
- Direct-to-consumer advertising
- Use of the Internet by health care consumers
Why is money spent to advertise a product? (3)
- create demand
- convince the patient that they are suffering from a condition
- dispel myths
What causes deterioration in the patient-provider relationship?
DTC advertising that convinces the patient that they are suffering from a condition….
Cons to Internet Use by health care consumers?
the high probability that the information is incorrect, misleading, biased, medically, unproven, or even dangerous.
Pros to internet use by providers? (2)
- remote access to databases
- telemedicine
telemedicine
the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health
care when distance separates the participants
Pros to internes use for pharmacist? (3)
- communicate w/ patients in an efficient manner
- receive prescriptions electronically
- access to up-to-date info on a mobile device
How is age impacting health care behavior (3)?
- chronological
- psychological
- social
Which “aging” refers to changes in the ability to function due to changes in cells and tissues?
chronological
Which “aging” refers to constant changes in cognition (the ability to think and reason, i.e., mental activities) and personality.
Psychological
Social aging refers to what? (2)
(1) changes in social relationships that define social
status within a society (e.g., married versus single) and (2) the various roles
people are expected to play at various stages in life
T/F?
The three concepts of aging are independent of one another?
true
What can affect both psychological and social aging?
Chronological aging
T/F?
Psychological aging can affect both chronological and social aging?
true
What has implications for chronological and psychological aging?
social aging
What are the 3 basic, generic models of the patient-provider relationship?
- expert
- social contract
- engineering
Name the model: practitioners makes decisions
Expert model
Name the model: Mutual participation in decision
making
Social contract model
Name the model:Patient makes informed
decisions as the MD offers knowledge
Engineering model
Thomas Szasz and Hollender (2)
Two of the early pioneers in conceptualizing the doctor–patient relationship.
-Fiduciary relationship behavioral model
Activity-passivity
MD:does something to the patient
Patient: doesn’t respond
Prototype model: Parent-infant
i.e : anesthesia, acute trauma, coma, delirium
Guidance-cooperation
MD- tells the patient what to do
Patient- obeys/cooperates
Prototype model: Parent-child, parent-adolescent
i.e.: Acute infections, other acute illnesses
Mutual participation
MD-Helps the patient help him- or herself (uses expert
help)
Patient- Participant in partnership
Prototype model: Adult-adult
i.e.Most chronic illnesses, psychotherapy
Sick- role behavioral model- Talcott Parsons
a model based on the premise that illness is disruptive in a society.
Talcott Parsons says
a truly sick person should be temporarily relieved
from some of his or her obligations and responsibilities while recovering from an illness.
What model is the most traditional and closely parallels the activity–passivity and guidance–cooperation models proposed by Szasz and Hollende?
The model of the sick role
Sick-role behavior
activity undertaken by individuals who
consider themselves to be ill, or who have been diagnosed by a health professional
as being ill, for the purpose of getting well.
Health behavior
any activity undertaken by an individual who believes him- or herself to be healthy, for the purpose of preventing illness or detecting disease in the asymptomatic stage.
Illness behavior
any activity undertaken by a person who believes he
or she may be ill for the purpose of defining his or her state of health and discovering a suitable treatment or remedy for the problem.