health and aandP Flashcards
focuses on primary care first
HMO
Can see specialist without referral
PPO
how are MCOs financed
thru capitation and discounted fees
financed by the military and covers families, dependents, or retired military.
Tricare
VA=
veterans administration
VISN=
Veterans Integrated Service Networks
does Medicare or Medicaid NOT cover Long-Term Care?
Medicare
what % of health care is financed thru employers?
57%
what % of health care is financed thru the government?
43%
SJ focuses on
the community
MJ focuses on
the individual
complete state of knowledge
diagnosis
something that is measurable (ex: BP, temp)
sign
subjective (“my head hurts”)
symptom
According to WHO what is the definition of health
the complete state of mental, physical, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease.
what is the primary purpose of a health care system (according the WHO)
promote, restore, or maintain health
identified by a person’s perception of how they feel
Illness
based on professional evaluation
disease
example of a subacute disease
trauma in a wreck
HCAHCPS
Hospital consumer survey. first standardized survey
a person’s genetic makeup determine what % of health outcomes?
20%
Medical practice determines what percentage of health outcomes
10%
Individual behaviors determine what percentage of health outcomes
50%
social/environmental factors determine what percentage of health outcomes
20%
first asylum was built in what year?
1790
growth and medicare and Medicaid happened in what era
postindustrial
discovery of anesthesia
Horace Wells
aseptic technique
Ignaz Semmelweis
germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur
father of antiseptic surgery
Joseph Lister
discovery of x ray
William Roentgen
discovered the antibacterial properties of penicillin
Alexander Fleming