Chapter 14 - Consumer Health COPY Flashcards
Describes the purchase and consumption of health-related products or services?
Consumer Health Defined
The website presented in class that provides health wellness information along with a “symptom checker”?
WebMD
Percent (%) of college students that use over the counter medications?
74%
Most commonly used Over the Counter Medication by college students?
Pain Reliever
Most commonly used supplement used by college students?
Vitamins and Minerals
The symbol on supplements that means products is safe?
USP
Conventional Medicine can be described by using a number of factors?
Incorporates “Scientific Method”
Referred to as “Western Medicine”
Diseases are caused by identifiable factors leads to “diagnosis”
Licensed highly trained health professional that works directly under the supervision of a Physician?
Physician Assistant
Health care professional specializing in eye or vision?
Optometrist
Characteristics of a smart patient?
Talk to Provider
Ask Questions
Take information home with you
Follow-up with doctor
Communication
Health Care Insurance plan that emphasizes early detection?
HMO
The medical savings plan that allows employees to use pre-taxed dollars?
Flexible Spending Account
Medical related savings account used for high deductible health insurance plans to cover cost of health related expenses?
Health Savings Account
Reasons why health care costs are rising?
Malpractice Insurance
Population aging
Population living longer
Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors
Advanced Technology
Specialized Physicians
Administrative Overhead
Number of people last year that didn’t have health insurance?
44 Million
The term for when people seek medical services outside the U.S.?
Medical Tourism
When a medical condition become officially recognized as a disease or illness
Medicalization
Government insurance plan based around age and for people 65 years or older?
Medicare
Government insurance generally for people with low incomes?
Medicaid
Government insurance that pays for prescription drugs?
Medicare Part D
Name of place where people not covered by their employers health insurance can purchase health insurance from the U.S. government?
Health Exchanges
The term used to describe a health issue that existed prior to enrollment in a new insurance plan?
Pre-existing Condition
From the video watched in class, how many states in the U.S. declined to participate in Affordable Care Act Health Exchanges?
26 states
True of False?
Current laws permit a lifetime cap on insurance benefits?
False
Young people can currently stay on their parent’s health insurance until what age?
26 years old
Percentage (%) of college students that did not have health insurance last year?
20%
The complete biological code of an organism?
Genome
