Healthcare settings (Chapter 1)

Question 1

Diagnose (labs, diagnostic imaging) and treat (surgery, meds, therapy) diseases; short period of time; ER and obstetrical care

Answer 1

Acute care/General hospitals

Question 2

Provides care for very specific types of diseases

ex. psychiatry

Answer 2

Specialty care hospitals

Question 3

Provides long-term care for patients needing extra time to recover from illness/injury; for persons who can no longer take care of themselves

Answer 3

Nursing homes/Long-term care facilities

Question 4

Doesn’t require overnight hospitalization; simple surgeries to diagnostic testing or therapy

Answer 4

Ambulatory care centers/Surgical Centers/Outpatient Clinics

Question 5

Diagnostic and treatments services in a private office setting

Answer 5

Physician’s Office

Question 6

Provides wide range of services by a group of primary-care physicians, specialists, and other healthcare professionals in a prepaid system

Answer 6

Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)

Question 7

Provides nursing, therapy, personal care, or housekeeping services in patients own home

Answer 7

Home Health Care

Question 8

Provide intensive physical and occupational therapy, inpatient and outpatient treatment

Answer 8

Rehabilitation Centers

Question 9

Provides supportive treatment to terminally ill patients and their families

Answer 9

Hospices