# HEALTH CARE

Question 1

There’re 6 big players in the health care industry

Answer 1

1. Health care services providers
2. Hospitals
3. Ambulatory care services
4. Health insurance
5. Long-term care
6. Public health services

Question 2

# HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDERS
 comprises

Answer 2

1. Primary care
2. Specialty care
3. Dental care
4. Nurses
5. Rehabilitation services

Question 3

1. Primary care

=> address conditions and illnesses to need medical help in 1st time.

Answer 3

Primary care physicians = GENERALISTS (have licences due to a regulated industry)

• Working under primary care physicians -> nurse practitioners
• stay in GENERAL PRACTICE

Question 4

Specialty care providers (pursue a specific area of medical specialty) = specialists

Answer 4

• Cardiology (401) - heart related
• Plastic surgery enhance your appearance
• Radiology (402) - (dealing with X-ray and other radiations)
• Dermatology (403) skin-related
• Immunology (404) - immune-system-related
• Neurosurgery (405) - brain-related
• Pediatrics (406) - children-related

Question 5

Dental service

Answer 5

working with oral health

Question 6

Mental health care providers

Answer 6

psychiatrists and psychologists and social workers (improve
individuals’ quality of life)
=> valuable consultants to prepare and develop a support system

Question 7

nurses (health care

professionals)

Answer 7

provide treatment, support, and care services for the ill, injured and aged

Question 8

rehabilitation professionals and therapists

Answer 8

restoring to normal life

* rehabilitation center

Question 9

outpatient

Answer 9

receiving medical treatments outside hospital

Question 10

inpatient

Answer 10

receiving medical treatments inside hospital

Question 11

HOSPITALS

Answer 11

to be healed when y’re sick.

Nursing is the largest health care profession in US and the largest department in a hospital

Question 12

AMBULATORY CARE SERVICES

Answer 12

Ambulatory care ~ provided OUTpatient = receive personal health care consultation and treatment, surgery

Question 13

HEALTH INSURANCE

Answer 13

the risk is transferred to the insurance company => a payment = a PREMIUM.
don’t pay medical bills in full cuz’ y’re covered by health insurance.
* (not own) be financial devastating since
medical bills can wipe out your finance

Question 14

covered (by insurance)

Answer 14

protected

Question 15

person who get covered

Answer 15

the insured or the beneficiary

Question 16

If you get protected by Ins. , you pay less attention cuz’ the risk has been transferred to the Ins comp.
* one thing’ll be likely to happen called MH

Answer 16

moral hazard

Question 17

LONG-TERM CARE

Answer 17

provide medical and social services to accommodate old or disable people

Question 18

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
offer programs to
the public to prevent disease and improve the quality of life for all age groups

Answer 18

public health ~ the health of the entire population in a city, county, state, or the nation
* (government-financed health agencies)
individual health ~

Question 19

chronic diseases

The chronic disease epidemic

Answer 19

1. Heart disease
2. Diabetes (sugar-caused)
3. Cancers
4. Stroke (brain attack)
5. Mental disorders (insane)
6. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
7. Obesity (too fat)

Question 20

communicable disease or contagious disease

Answer 20

passed from one person to another => caused by viruses

• get a flu => get infected by the flu virus
• have nasal congestion (= stuffy nose)

Question 21

medical treatments

Answer 21

@ not serious => get Prescribed drugs
Diagnosis to identify illness
take Antibiotics to quickly cure but use given the long-term Side-effects
* bleed on your body => clean blood and use rubbing alcohol for disinfectant purpose
* got a pain and wish to reduce => take aspirin
* don’t get sufficient vitamins from food => have vitamin deficiency => more fruits ang veggies
* don’t have enough sleep => suffer from sleep deprivation (lack of sleep)