Health Assessments- TEST 2

Question 1

Common Themes to Define Health (2)

Answer 1

1) Premature Death is undesirable
- one aspect of health is the avoidance of death
- health status of nations is often measured in mortality rates or infant mortality deaths
2) Quality of Life is important
- disease and disability affect either life expectancy or life quality.
- ->Major and minor diseases are evaluated in terms of the degree to which they affect life quality and life expectancy

Question 2

What is Health-Related Quality of Life?

Answer 2

-Many measures examine the effect of disease/disability on performance of social role, ability to interact in the community and physical functioning

Question 3

Two Major Approaches to Quality of Life Assessment

Answer 3

1) Psychometric and Decision Theory-attempts to provide separate measures for the many different dimensions of quality of life (ie, Sickness Impact Profile-SIP)
- this approach often concludes that some aspects of quality of life improve while others decline
2) Decision Theory Approach-Attempts to weight the different dimension of health in order to provide a single expression of health status
- views different health problems as not being of equal concern
- attempts to provide an overall measure of quality of life that integrates subjective function states, preferences for these states, morbidity and mortality.

Question 4

Primary Care Includes:

Answer 4

-Doctor, Nurse etc. in a Clinic

Question 5

Primary Health Care Includes:

Answer 5

• Doctor, Nurses (Clinicians)

- Community Supports such as School Counselors, School nurses

Question 6

Acute Care Includes:

Answer 6

• Hospitals
• Specialists
• Bone and Joint institutes
• Cancer Centers

Question 7

Effective Health Teams (7):

Answer 7

• improve patient -experience & outcomes
• provider satisfaction
• enhance knowledge and skills,
• provide a broader range of services
• result in more efficient use of resources
• improves coordination and access to care
• Reduce ED visits and hospitalization

Question 8

Six dimensions of a positive patient experience

Answer 8

1) Access,
2) Interpersonal Communication,
3) Continuity and Coordination,
4) Health Promotion within Technical Quality of Care,
5) Trust, and
6) Patient-Reported Impacts of Care.