Final Review Flashcards
Poorhouse
Almshouse: general welfare by providing food and shelter to poor
Pesthouse
operated by local gov. to act as a place of quarantine for contagious diseases. Main function was to isolate people & contain the spread of diseases
Dispensaries
1st one in 1786. Acted as outpatient clinics. Provided free care to those who couldn’t pay, medical care and dispensed drugs to ambulatory pts
First Hospitals
Developed in 1850s. Poor sanitation & inadequate ventilation led to not great conditions. “Houses of death”.
AMA
American Medical Association founded in 1847 and created a barrier between orthodox practitioners and “irregulars”.
Medical Education
In 1756, one of the first colleges for medical school was established at the College of Philadelphia. Med education in the US was not as great as Europe
Biggest cost of HC
Traveling to receive care and technology
Blue Shield
Designated to pay for physician’s bills. Physicians dominated boards of directors not only because they underwrote plans, the plans were their response to the challenge of national health insurance. The plans met AMA’s stipulation of keeping med matters in the hands of physicians
Harry Truman
In 1946, he made an appeal for a national health care program
Union negotiations
In 1948, US Supreme Court ruled that health insurance is legitimate in union-management negotiations
Deinstitutionalization
In 1963, Community Mental Health Centers act passed supporting “deinstitutionalization” of people with mental illnesses
Amendment to the SSA and YEAR!
1965 - the Amendment to SSA to create programs to pay for HC for vulnerable populations was passed.
Medicare Expands
1972 - expanded to cover disabled people w/ ESRD, dialysis/kidney transplant, people 65+ that select Medicare coverage
Bill Clinton
Focused on economy in 92’ due to recession and ran on school choice, balanced budget amendment, opposition to illegal immigration and support for NAFTA
Part D
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 03’. MMA created Part D drug benefit, which became available to Medicare beneficiaries on Jan 1, 06’. Voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit provided through private plans approved by fed gov
Quad Function Model
-Financing: having to finance for insurance
-Delivery: developed health service delivery models to contain costs and provides quality & accessible care
-Payment: philosophy of everyone contributing to the cost of HC according to their capacity to pay
-Insurance: pays the hospital/clinic
Managed Care
Developed to contain HC costs & expenditures, seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating basic functions of HC delivery, employs mechanisms to control or manage utilization of med services, determines the price at which services are purchased & how much providers are paid, most dominant HC delivery system in US
Military
Available free-of-charge to active-duty personnel, well-organized & highly integrated system, combines PH w/ med services, in general the military med care system provides high-quality HC
Vulnerable populations
poor, uninsured, minority or immigrant status, live in geographically/economically disadvantaged communities, received care from “safety net” providers & pts have to forgo care or seek care in hospital ER, subsystem faces enormous pressure
Integrated Delivery
the hallmark of US HC industry over past decade & becoming larger, organizational integration to form integrated delivery system or networks
LTC
medical & nonmedical care that is provided to individuals who are chronically ill/who have a disability, HC & support services for daily living, not covered by Medicare, LTC insurance if offered separately
Public Health
improve & protect community health: monitors health status, diagnose and investing, informing and educating health problems and hazards, developing policies, enforcing laws and regulations, assuring competent professional health workforce, research
Third party payers
Patient is first party, provider is second party, intermediary is third party
Technology
developments were instrumental in transforming the nature of healthcare delivery
Moral Hazard
once enrollees have purchased health insurance, they may use more health care services than if they were to pay for these services on an out of pocket basis
Imperfect Market
Factors limit patients’ decisions, item-based pricing, phantom providers, package pricing.
Lobbyists
provide information to policy makers
Defensive Medicine
a way to avoid litigation
Market Justice
leaves the fair distribution of health care up to the market forces in a free economy
Social Justice
the equitable distribution of health care is a societal responsibility
Indicators of Health
Things you can measure (life expectancy, morbidity, mortality, mental well-being, social functioning, functional limitation, spiritual well being)
Determinants fo Health
environment, behavior and lifestyle, hereditary, medical care
3 phases of disease
Normal state, pre-disease state, disease state
primary prevention
activities undertaken to reduce the probability that a disease will develop in the future (hand washing)
Secondary prevention
the early detection and treatment of disease (screening)
Tertiary prevention
interventions that could prevent complications from chronic conditions and prevent further illness, injury, or disability
Incidence**
the number of new cases occurring in the population at risk within a certain period of time (ex: month/year)
Prevalence**
the total number of cases at a specific point in time, in a defined population
Information systems
Clinical information systems
Administrative information systems
Decision support systems
Internet and e-health
Class I medical devices
Pose the lowest risk.
Require general controls regarding fraudulent claims
Ex) Box of band-aids
Class II medical devices
Subject to labeling and performance standards, and post-market surveillance
Ex) Wheelchair
Class III medical devices
Devices that support life, or present a potential risk of illness or injury
Require premarket approval regarding safety and effective
Most regulated
Ex) Pacemaker or breast implant
Inpatient
Overnight stay in the hospital
Hospital: Has to have at least 6 beds
Hill-Burton Act
Federal grant to the states to construct hospitals
Growth of hospitals in the 50s and 60s
Medicare Reimbursement change 80’
In 2018: 2.4 beds per 1000 people
Since the mid 1980s due to:
-Changes in reimbursement (Medicare
switches to PPS)
-Managed care: cost containment
-Hospital closures
Physician-owned hospitals Pros and Cons
Pro - one stop shopping
Con - limited expansion
Controversy - self referred
Reimbursement to critical access hospitals
Total payment to the hospital is fixed at 101% of reasonable costs
Critical Access Hospital
Medicare designation for small rural hospitals with 25 or fewer beds that provide emergency medical services in addition to short-term hospitalization for patients with noncomplex health care needs
Outpatient care
-“ambulatory care”
-initially meant diagnostic and therapeutic services & treatments provided to the “walking” ambulatory pts
Outpatient services
any HC services that don’t require an overnight stay
Primary reason for growth in outpatient services
The payers like it because it costs less, technology, patients want to be at home
Types of outpatient care
Physician offices, hospital out-pt departments, hospital emergency departments, home health agencies, surgery centers, chiropractors, mobile diagnostic, & screening services, community health centers & free clinics, alternative medicine clinics, hospice.
Primary Care
-Basic & routine HC provided in an office/clinic by a provider who takes responsibility for coordinating all aspects of a patient’s health care needs, an approach to health care delivery that is the patients first contact with the health care delivery system and the first element of a continuing health care process
Secondary Care
routine hospitalization, routine surgery, and specialized outpatient care, such as consultation with specialists and rehabilitation. Compared to primary care these services are normally brief and more complex, involving advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Tertiary Care
the most complex level of care, which is typically institution based, highly specialized and highly technological. Examples include burn treatment, transplantation, and coronary artery bypass surgery
Primary Prevention
the prevention of disease, for examples, health education, immunization, and environmental control measures