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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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Health

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The state of complete physical mental and social well-being

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of babies of every thousand born to die before their first birthday

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Means that a baby has at least a 99.5% chance of surviving the first year makes infant deaths quite rare

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Life expectancy At birth

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The number of years on an average people in a society can expect to live

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Boys born in 2018 can live to 76 years girls born in that year can live 81 years in poor countries life expectancy is 57

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Chronic disease

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Illness that has a long-term development

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Acute disease

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An illness that strikes suddenly

Ebola malaria cholera

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8
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Social epidemiology

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Study of how health and disease are distributed throughout society’s population

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Epidemic

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The rapid spreading of disease throughout a population Covid

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AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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Most deadly pandemic

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1/3 Of the population living with HIV reside in 10 nations and central and southern Africa

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Socialist economies

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Government controls most economic activity provide medical care and operate hospitals control everything

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Barefoot doctors in China

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They visited rule Village is providing basic health 2 millions of Chinese peasants

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Capitalist economies

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Distribute healthcare like other goods and services there a market system

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Capitalist economy healthcare

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Individuals purchase healthcare according to their particular needs and personal resources high cost of healthcare can exceed the rates of even fairly well off people
Sweden Great Britain Canada Japan

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Socialist economy healthcare

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Government provides medical services and operates all clinics and hospitals they are in control of everything people have to wait months stand in line for care

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Socialize medicine

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Medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities and employees and physicians
China and Russia

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National health service

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Funded by tax money provide scared all British citizens and pays for physician services in hospital stays

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Japanese people have the highest life expectancy in the world

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20
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US treats medical care as a product to be purchased on the open market and is the only nation that does not provide government run system of healthcare

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21
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What is the state of health care in this nation

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  1. US ranks below most other high income nations in healthcare
  2. US spends more money per person for healthcare than other country
  3. Health is uneequally distributed reflecting inequality
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US ranks 37th for life expectancy is below Canada

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23
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Direct fee system

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Medical care system in which patients or other insurance paid directly for the services of physicians and hospitals
People can obtain only the healthcare they can afford some having better care than others

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Why has medical care become so expensive six reasons

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Spread of private insurance
More doctors who specialize
High technology
Lack of preventative care
Aging population
More lawsuits
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Preadmission testing

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Doctors order bloodwork x-rays and other test before deciding whether patient needs to be admitted

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Outpatient treatment

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Patient enters and leaves the hospital on the same day the procedure is done

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Regulating the length of hospitalization

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Limit the hospital stay for a particular condition

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How can we hold down medical costs

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Preadmission testing
Outpatient treatmen
Regulating the length of hospitalization

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Health maintenance organization HMO

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Private insurance organizations that provide medical care to people for a fixed fee

30
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HMO’s try to keep cost down through manage care I controlling the treatment process and requiring preapproval from primary cares

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31
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Medicaid Medicare government insurance pays 37% of the country’s medical bills

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Who pays the bills for Helthcare

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Private insurance, HMOs, Medicaid, Medicare

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Reason for people without insurance

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Companies cutting back on benefits provided to workers

Lack of expansion of Medicaid programs for low income people

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Affordable care act

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Change the way the country pays for healthcare

35
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Prenatal care

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Healthcare for women during pregnancy

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National Institute of health

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Direct attention to women’s health issues

37
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Anorexia

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A form of compulsive dating that leads people to eat a little maintain healthy body weight

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Bulimia

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A disease that involves binging and purging cycles of eating large amounts of food and purging taking laxatives and vomiting to avoid gaining weight

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Disability

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Physical or mental condition that limits every day activities

40
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Master status

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Other people may attach such importance to the condition to overlook anything else that a person does

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Americans with disabilities act

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Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and employment in public accommodations

42
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Increased demand for nursing

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1Technological advances
2Rapid expansion in hospital outpatient services
3Increasing focus on preventative care
4The passage of affordable care act
5Aging population consuming more services

43
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600,000 people died 4% of the number of confirmed infections for the US 141,000 or 4% of the confirmed infections died for COVID

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44
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Covid infections is half the number of infections involving aids

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45
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Differences between HIV and Covid

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Covid is easily transmitted from person to person HIV is not
Covid infection is far less likely to cause death than HIV
Causes of COVID-19 and HIV or concentrated in different regions of the world

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Mental disorder

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Condition involving thinking mood or behavior that causes distress or reduces a persons ability to function in every day life

47
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DSM – five

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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

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