Models of care - Discrete and Integrated Models

Question 1

What type of model is a walk-in/walk-out model?

Answer 1

Discrete

Question 2

What type of model is shared care?

Answer 2

Integrated

Question 3

What type of model is coordinated care trials?

Answer 3

Integrated

Question 4

What type of model is University clinics?

Answer 4

Discrete

Question 5

What type of model is a sustainable model?

Answer 5

Discrete

Question 6

What type of model is a primary health care team?

Answer 6

Integrated

Question 7

What type of model is a Multi-Purpose Services Program?

Answer 7

Integrated

Question 8

The rationale of creating a sustainable medical workforce and having practice infrastructure owned and maintained by an entity relates to which model of care?

Answer 8

Discrete

Question 9

The rationale of coordination between and access to services otherwise not available locally or not sufficient relates to which model of care?

Answer 9

Integrated

Question 10

How is the success of a discrete model of care measured?

A. How many people access the service.
B. An increased number of doctors recruited
C. Reduced attendance to services.
D. Increased continuity of care.

Answer 10

B. An increased number of doctors recruited

Question 11

How is the success of an integrated model of care measured?

A. Decreased suicide rate.
B. Decreased waiting times.
C. Increased home-based services.
D. All of the above.

Answer 11

D. All of the above.

Question 12

A flexible, integrated health and aged care service for small communities is called?

A. Shared care
B. Co-ordinated care trials
C. Multipurpose health services
D. Primary health care teams

Answer 12

C. Multipurpose health services

Question 12

True or false: Multipurpose health services help overcome declining and changing populations causing a shift in the communities health and aged care needs.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or false: Multipurpose health services are unable to support financially viable aged care facilities, forcing the elderly to leave their communities.

Answer 13

False, the Multipurpose health service helps overcome being unable to support financially viable aged care facilities, therefore helping the elderly to remain in their community.

Question 14

What population is generally indicative of the need for a Multipurpose health service?

A. 100 - 400
B. 1,000 - 4,000
C. 10,000 - 40,000
D. 100,000 - 400,000

Answer 14

B. 1,000 - 4,000.

Question 15

A Multipurpose Health Service works best in communities where there is:

A. Access to a mix of health and aged care services.
B. Competing services.
C. No adverse impact on services in nearby towns.
D. Incapacity to achieve financial viability under MPS funding arrangements.

Answer 15

C. No adverse impact on services in nearby towns.

Question 16

List three benefits of a multipurpose health service.

Answer 16

• Continuum of client care
• Different levels of staff interaction
• Improved communication, referral processes and coordination of service delivery
• Financial viability for all streams of care
• Improves/validates the multipurpose role of rural hospitals
• Streamlines administrative functions
• Funding directed to areas of need
• Versatile use of buildings
• Creates a community support
• Health services better meet community needs