Health Care Systems Test Flashcards

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Clinic examples

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Satellite, surgical, rehabilitation, urgent care

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Clinic

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Found in many types of healthcare’s or group of mental doctors or dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel

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Centers for Disease Control

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Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in population

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Dental laboratory

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Prepare dentures and many other devices to repair/replace teeth

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Dental offices

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Privately owned or owned by one or more dentists

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Department of Health and Human Services

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National agency that deals with the health problems in the United States

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Emergency care

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Provide special care for victims of accidents/sudden illness

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Food and drug administration

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A federal establishment that researches the healthcare delivery and identify the treatment standards

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Hospice

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Provide care for terminally ill people when they have less than six months to live

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Palliative care

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Dying with dignity

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Industrial healthcare

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Found a large company/industries. Provide healthcare for employees

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Laboratory

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Parts of other facilities but can operate as separate healthcare facilities

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Long term care facility

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Provide assistance and can care for elderly patients, usually called residents

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Managed-care

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An approach that has developed in response to rising healthcare costs

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Medicaid

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A medical program that is jointly funded by the federal government and state government but operated by individual states. Below poverty line

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Medicare

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Federal government program that provides healthcare for almost all individuals over age 65 or who are on disability

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Mental health facility

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Facilities that treat patients with mental disorder/diseases

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National Institute of health

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A division of the USDHHS; involved in research and disease

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Establishes and enforces standards the protect workers from job-related injuries

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Rehabilitation facility

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Provide care to patients with physical/mental disabilities

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Tricare

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A US government health insurance plan for all military members

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Workmen’s Compensation

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Workers injured on-the-job

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World health organization

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And international agencies sponsored by the United Nations

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Four main types of hospitals

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General, specialty, government, and university/college

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Medical offices
Diagnosis, treatment, and minor surgery
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Home health care agencies
Nursing, therapy, and personal care
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School health services
Sudden illness, speech therapy, and tests
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Four types of clinics
Surgical, urgent care, rehabilitation, outpatient
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Main goal for care provided by rehabilitation facilities
To provide care to the patients with physical/mental disabilities and help them obtain maximum self-care and functional
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What kind of services can you expect to receive at the state or local health department
Services directed by the USDHHS. Such as immunization, communicable disease control, and health statistics
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How do nonprofit agencies receive their funding
Donations and membership fees
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What types of services are provided by nonprofit agencies
American Cancer Society and they focus on specific diseases
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Premium
A fee that an individual pays for their coverage
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Deductible
Amount that must be paid to get services
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80/20% coinsurance
Specific percentage of expenses shared by patient and insurance company
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Copayment
Amount of money a patient pays for a service
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Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Provides a managed-care plan with a premium and fees that stay the same
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Preferred provider organization (PPO)
Provided by large industries
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What is the purpose of an organizational structure chart
To establish a chain of command
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What is the purpose of the Omnibus reconciliation act
Regulate long term care and home health care
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What for requirements must all geriatric assistance now meet as a result of OBRA
Education, evaluation, retraining/testing, and exams
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Cost containment
To control costs
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Diagnostic related groups
Control costs for government insurance plans
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Home healthcare
More people need home healthcare
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Geriatric care
Care for old people
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Alternative care options
Chinese medicine, chiropractor, naturopaths, hypnosis, Ayurvedic practitioner, homeopathy
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Hippocrates
Hippocratic oath (father of medicine)
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Louis Pasteur
Microbiological and immunity along with The pasteurization of milk and the rabies vaccine
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Florence Nightingale
Modern nursing and sanitary nursing units
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Joseph Lister
Anti-septic surgery
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Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
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Jonas Salk
Polio vaccine