Health Care System/setting Flashcards
Can be defined as the method by which healthcare is financed, organized, and delivered to a population. It includes issues of access (for whom and to which services), expenditures, and resources (healthcare workers and facilities).
Health care system
What is the goal of healthcare system
enhance the health of the population in the most effective manner possible in light of a society’s available resources and competing needs.
broad array of services and places where healthcare occurs, including acute care hospitals, urgent care centers, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, specialized outpatient services (e.g., hemodialysis, dentistry, podiatry, chemotherapy, endoscopy, and pain management clinics), and outpatient surgery centers. In addition, some healthcare services are provided in private offices or homes.
Health care setting
What are the 5 different types of health care facilities
Hospital
Outpatient clinic
Long term care facility
Clinical lab
Hospice
primarily provide diagnostic and treatment services to patients who require intensive or immediate care. Most hospitals are in-patient facilities, requiring patients to stay under the supervision of specialized health care professionals until discharged.
Hospital
often for patients who need short-term care and can recover at home.
Outpatient clinic
specialize in services for ongoing conditions such as weight loss, drug or alcohol rehabilitation, and physical therapy.
Outpatient clinic
support people with short-term recovery, ongoing health conditions, or disabilities. They are designed to help patients complete daily activities as safely and as independently as possible.
Long term care facilities
Community and assisted living facilities care for seniors who are still relatively independent, while nursing home facilities care for patients who need full-time care.
Long term care facilities
completes diagnostic tests ordered by physicians and primary care providers. Using biological specimens, such as blood, urine, or saliva, medical technicians run tests to help diagnose, treat, and monitor a patient’s health.
Clinical lab
labs run common tests,
General clinic lab
labs, such as cancer clinics
Disease specific tests
cares for the terminally ill or people nearing the end of life.
Hospice
patients who have no more than six months to live. A team of professionals, such as physicians, nurses, spiritual advisors, and counselors, supports both the patient and the patient’s family during the transition.
Hospice
