Quiz 1 Flashcards
Harry Truman
Hill-Burton Hospital Construction Act
Gave hospitals millions of dollars to expand and improve and in return hospitals gave them free care
L.B Johnson
Medicare and Medicaid in 1965
Nixon
Federal support of HMO’s
National Health planning and resources development act of 74 (Transition from the improvement of access to -containment)
Regan
New Medicare controls
additional coverage for elderly
Clinton
HIPAA
SCHIP
Obama
Health care reform
Affordable care act
Characteristics of HCDS
unique, complex, massive
Military HC
Tricare
active-duty military personnel/certain nonmilitary services
VA HC system: hospital/mental health/long-term care
What are four determinants of health?
Genetics
Lifestyle
Access to Medical Care
Social and Environmental Factors
What focuses on patient outcomes and EBP research?
AHRQ
What is the purpose of a nursing practice act?
provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing.
what is the purpose of the ACA?
it was intended to provide new consumer protection, improved quality, and increasing access?
SCHIP
covers children from uninsured families or those unqualified for Medicaid
market justice
fair distribution willingness/ability to pay supply/demand private insurance minimal govt interference emphasizes individual responsibility
social justice
societal responsibility available to all, regardless of ability to pay based on need shared responsibility public financed (medicare and medicaid)
what is managed care?
delivery system
seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating the basic functions of health care delivery
employs mechanisms to control (manage) utilization of medical services
determines the price at which the services are purchased and, consequently, how much the providers get paid