Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
An acute care facility (ACF) is a hospital that provides health care services to patients who have serious, sudden or acute illness and /or who need certain surgeries. What is an accurate statement about an ACF?
a. A quality manager closely monitors patients care for medical necessity.
b. Inpatient stays are typically lengthy (more than 30 days).
c. Services are limited to emergency and critical care.
d. They provide a full range of health care services.
D
Hospitals have an organized medical and professional staff, and inpatient beds are available on a 24 hour basis. The primary function of hospitals is to provide inpatient medical and nursing services
a. along with other services (e.g. outpatient).
b. exclusively as single hospitals, where the facility is not part of a larger organization.
c. to non surgical patients, along with other services (e g outpatient).
d. to surgical and non surgical patients, but no other services
A
A consideration when discussing hospital organization is to identify the population served by a health care facility. ” This means that health care is provided to specific groups of people. Which is a true statement?
a. A facility that specializes in the treatment of inpatient children is usually called a pediatric hospital.
b. Facilities that serve as “mini-intensive care units” are called emergency facilities.
c. The hospital’s longest length of stay (LOS) determines whether the hospital is classified as short or long term.
d. The inpatient bed size licensed by the state determines whether the hospital is general or specialized.
A
To calculate an inpatient length of stay (LOS), count the day of admission but not the day of discharge. A patient admitted on July 25 and discharged on August 3 has which LOS?
a. 7 days
b. 8 days
c. 9 days
d. 10 days
C
Physicians who spend most of their time in a hospital setting admitting patients to their inpatient services from local primary care providers are called.
a. attending physicians
b. hospitalist
c. internist
d. residents
B
Outpatients are treated and released the same day and do not stay overnight in the hospital. Their length of stay (LOS) is a maximum of
a. 11 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds
b. 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds
c. 24 hours, 00 minutes, and 00 seconds
d. 24 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds
B
Ambulatory surgery patients undergo certain procedures that can be performed on an outpatient basis, which means the patient is
a. Considered an inpatient.
b. receiving sub acute care
c. treated and released the same day
d. treated for urgent problems.
C
Which is an example of durable medical equipment (DME) that patients would use in their home?
a. daily living activities
b. home infusion care
c. impatient bed
d. wheelchair
D
Hospice care provides comprehensive medical and supportive social, emotional and spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their families. The goal of hospice is to provide
a. long term care
b. palliative care
c. respite care
d. therapeutic care
B
Long term care services that provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADL) are associated with
a. custodial care
b. intermediates care
c. managed care
d. skilled care
A
Preadmission certification (PAC) is defined as a form of utilization management that
a. controls health care costs by reviewing cases for appropriateness.
b. Includes a review of patient cases to determine that quality health care is provided.
c. involves the review for medical necessity of inpatient care prior to inpatient admission.
d. requires the documentations of services needed for diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition.
C
