CHAPTER 16 Flashcards
Mortality rates
Decline as successes in disease prevention andinterventation.
Morbidity
Raise red flags about our limited successes for certain populations.
Diseases at challenge us (6)
- Cancer
- Infectious disease
- Accidents, injuries, and violence
- Mental illnes
- Emerging diseases
- Bioterrorism
Health disparities why? and who?
Who?
Race, gender,income
Why?
Differential access to health services and concerns about implication of health status.
Public health services?
New initiatives and expansion of existing efforts.
Name public health services (4)
- Primary prevention
- Protection of environment
- Public helth education programs
- Terrorism prevention
Name 5 challenges
- Ambulatory care
- Pharmacy
- Mental
- Long term
- Hospital and heal issue
Name a challenge of each category of challenges.
AMBULATORY
Cost pressures will eacalate.
Name a challenge of each category of challenges.
PHARMACEUTICAL
Per-and post approval processes
Name a challenge of each category of challenges.
MENTAL
Many mental health diagnoses ate still difficult to define, treat, and control.
Name a challenge of each category of challenges.
LONG TERM
Issues of financing and health care personnel.
Name a challenge of each category of challenges.
HOSPITAL & HEALTH ISSUES
Cooling w demand for the imple,entation of new technology will continue to be a critical challenge.
QUAPI
Quality assurance performance indication
CQI
Continuous quality improvement
COP
Condition of participation
