Highlighted Different Outpatient Care Settings

Question 1

Hospital-based outpatient services

Answer 1

Often inner-city, safety-net primary care for underserved populations, source for profits for hospitals. There are also clinical, surgical, home health, women’s health, and emergency department care.

Question 2

Mobile medical, diagnostic & screening service

Answer 2

Mobile health units (Mammography vans, COVID-19 pop-ups)

Question 3

Outpatient long-term care services

Answer 3

Nursing homes, case management and adult day care.

Question 4

Public health services

Answer 4

Usually provided by local health departments and are limited in scope. These are mainly focused on population health outcomes like maternal child health, STI clinics, family planning, screening, and mental health support.

Question 5

Community health centers

Answer 5

Started by H. Jack Geiger and John Hatch in the late 1960s and provides primary care to persons in underserved areas. Operates under the Bureau of Primary Health Care, USPHS, DHHS. They cannot refuse care to people who do not have the health insurance or the ability to pay. They use a sliding scale.​

Question 6

Federally-qualified health centers

Answer 6

CHCs funded from Section 330 of the Health Care Consolidation Act of 1996. FQHCs maintain their designation by providing comprehensive medical care (including oral health, mental health, and substance use services) to medically underserved areas and/or medically underserved (See more in the Notes)​