Health Care Systems Test Flashcards
Clinic examples
Satellite, surgical, rehabilitation, urgent care
Clinic
Found in many types of healthcare’s or group of mental doctors or dental doctors who share a facility and other personnel
Centers for Disease Control
Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in population
Dental laboratory
Prepare dentures and many other devices to repair/replace teeth
Dental offices
Privately owned or owned by one or more dentists
Department of Health and Human Services
National agency that deals with the health problems in the United States
Emergency care
Provide special care for victims of accidents/sudden illness
Food and drug administration
A federal establishment that researches the healthcare delivery and identify the treatment standards
Hospice
Provide care for terminally ill people when they have less than six months to live
Palliative care
Dying with dignity
Industrial healthcare
Found a large company/industries. Provide healthcare for employees
Laboratory
Parts of other facilities but can operate as separate healthcare facilities
Long term care facility
Provide assistance and can care for elderly patients, usually called residents
Managed-care
An approach that has developed in response to rising healthcare costs
Medicaid
A medical program that is jointly funded by the federal government and state government but operated by individual states. Below poverty line
Medicare
Federal government program that provides healthcare for almost all individuals over age 65 or who are on disability
Mental health facility
Facilities that treat patients with mental disorder/diseases
National Institute of health
A division of the USDHHS; involved in research and disease
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Establishes and enforces standards the protect workers from job-related injuries
Rehabilitation facility
Provide care to patients with physical/mental disabilities