Healthcare Systems

Question 1

hospital: General hospitals

Answer 1

-Treat a wide range of conditions and age groups
-Usually provide diagnostic, medical, surgical, and
emergency care services

Question 2

hospital: Specialty hospitals

Answer 2

-Care for certain conditions or age groups
-Examples: burn, oncology or cancer, pediatric or
children, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and orthopedic

Question 3

hospital: Government hospitals

Answer 3

-Operated by federal, state, and local government
agencies
-Worldwide facilities for government service personnel
and their dependents
-Veteran’s Administration hospitals
-State psychiatric hospitals
-State rehabilitation centers

Question 4

hospital:University or college medical centers

Answer 4

• Provide services, research, and education

- Can be funded by private or government sources

Question 5

hospital: classified based on funding received

Answer 5

-Private or proprietary (operated for profit): usually by
patient fees and/or organizations that provide financial
support
-Religious: religious support and patient fees
-Nonprofit or voluntary: patient fees and donations
-Government: tax monies and/or patient fees

Question 6

What does LTC/LTCF stand for?

Answer 6

long-term care facility

Question 7

LTC or LTCF provide what?

Answer 7

-assistance and care for residents
-Provide care for elderly, people with physical or mental
disabilities, and individuals with chronic or long-term illness
-Individuals receiving care are usually called residents
instead of patients or clients

Question 8

Residential care facilities

Answer 8

-Provide basic physical and emotional care
-Usually for individuals who cannot care for themselves
-Help individuals with activities of daily living
-Provide a safe and secure environment, promote
opportunities for social interactions

Question 9

Extended care or skilled care facilities

Answer 9

-Provide skilled nursing and rehabilitative care
-Prepare resident for return to the home environment or other long-term facility
-Some have subacute units: provide rehabilitation services for
major illness or surgery, treatment for cancer, or treatments
such as dialysis or heart monitoring

Question 10

Independent living and assisted living facilities

Answer 10

-Individuals purchase or rent unit
-Receive services such as meals, housekeeping, laundry,
transportation, social events, and basic medical care

Question 11

medical offices

Answer 11

• Vary from offices privately owned by one physician to large complexes
• Services include diagnosis, treatment, examination, basic lab testing, minor surgery
• May offer general or specialized care

Question 12

Concierge Medicine

Answer 12

-Personalized health care
-Annual or monthly fee paid to primary care provider
for an enhanced level of care
-Physician is able to have fewer patients and more
availability
-Rates and services vary among providers

Question 13

Dental Offices

Answer 13

• Vary in size from privately owned by one or more dentists to dental clinics
• Include general care for all ages and specialized care for certain age groups or dental conditions

Question 14

Clinics or Satellite Centers

Answer 14

Can refer to a group of medical/dental doctors who share
a facility and other personnel
- Clinics operated by corporation or private groups and
provide special care

• Surgical clinics or surgicenters: frequently called “one-
  day” service centers
• Urgent, walk-in, or emergency care clinics: provide first
  aid or emergency care to ill or injured patients
• Rehabilitation clinics: offer physical, occupational,
  speech, and similar therapies
• Substance abuse clinics: provide rehabilitation for drug
  and alcohol abuse