Healthcare Facilities

Question 1

hospitals

Answer 1

profit or nonprofit, teaching or non-teaching, provide short-term care, diagnostic and rehabilitative services, education and research, can be specialized

Question 2

long-term care facilities

Answer 2

for elderly / disabled / chronically ill or injured, patients are residents, increasing in number

Question 3

medical offices

Answer 3

owned by doctor or corporation, can be specialized, diagnostics, testing, treatment, counseling

Question 4

dental offices

Answer 4

private or co-owned, can be specialized

Question 5

clinics

Answer 5

private or company owned, screenings and immunizations, outpatient services

Question 6

emergency care

Answer 6

triage, helicopter / airplane, ambulance, rescue squads

Question 7

laboratories

Answer 7

can be part of facility or free-standing, diagnostic tests, can make lenses, dentures, dental devices, etc.

Question 8

home healthcare

Answer 8

provide care in patient’s home, cost-effective, perform household duties and care tasks, can be private / public / or nonprofit

Question 9

hospice

Answer 9

provide comfort for those with 6 months or less, home or facility, counseling services for patients and families

Question 10

HMO (facility)

Answer 10

services emphasize prevention, use of other facilities’ services

Question 11

mental health facilities

Answer 11

for patients with mental disorder or disease, psychiatric clinics, counseling centers, chemical abuse centers, abuse shelters

Question 12

rehab centers

Answer 12

hospital or free-standing, for mental or physical disabilities, therapies and counseling, goal is to gain independence for self-care

Question 13

industrial healthcare center

Answer 13

large companies and industries, healthcare for employees, basic exams, accident prevention, ergonomics, safety, emergency care

Question 14

school services

Answer 14

schools / colleges, emergency care for sudden accidents or illness, health education, counseling, minimal treatment

Question 15

day care

Answer 15

for elderly with dementia or children from working families

Question 16

public healthcare

Answer 16

care through federal / state / local agencies for those who can’t pay, preventative services, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare

Question 17

blood centers

Answer 17

nonprofit organizations for blood collection and distribution, testing, medical services, research, provide blood products to save lives

Question 18

shipboard

Answer 18

on cruise ships (function as ICU until patient is stable and can be airlifted to land)