Healthcare Delivery Systems Flashcards
Offers a wide range of services, including diagnosis treatment education, and research may be private or for-profit, nonprofit government, general specialized government, or university
Hospital
Organization or company, and which profits are distributed to shareholders or private owners
For profit
An organization that is set up to help those in need, but not to make a profit from the business
Nonprofit
Specific conditions, age, groups, or other ways of coping patients, examples of hospitals, pediatric hospitals, psychiatric hospitals
Specialty hospitals
Outpatient services, examples, urgent care, clinics, genetic counseling centers
Ambulatory facilities
Mimi care for elderly patient in nursing homes are assisted living facility. They also care for individuals with disabilities.
Long-term care facilities
Nurse or other skills, professional patient in her home to provide treatment education
Home health care
Very from small to large complexes with multiple specialties and other healthcare professionals
Medical and dental offices
Counseling centers, psychiatric clinics, and hospitals, chemical abuse, treatment centers, and physical abuse, treatment centers
Mental health services
Can be at local state, national and international level
Government agencies
Concerned with the cause, spread and control of disease, and other health and safety issues in populations. U.S Department of Health and human services
Centers for disease, control, and prevention
Federal agency that is responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public
Food and drug administration 
International agency that complies disease, statistics, promotes healthy, living and investigates, serious health problems throughout the world sponsored by the United Nations
World health organization
Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from shoppers did injuries and illnesses, part of the US Department of labor
Occupational safety and health administration
Provide services to states and local communities such as immunizations collection of health, statistics, health, education, and clinic for healthcare and prevention
Public health department