Unit 1: Health Care Systems Flashcards
Hospitals: specialty
If you can’t pay, you don’t get treated
Hospitals: Government
- Operated by federal state & local gov.
* VA hospitals
Hospitals: university
- learning medical students
* research and education
Long Term Care: residential care
- old people that can no longer care for themselves
* provide activities of daily living
LTC: extended skilled care facilities
•rehab; get them back and moving then leave
LTC: independent/assisant living
- need help with care but not 24/7
* made food, cleaned etc. but can still go out
Types of Specialty Medical Offices
- pediatrics: children
- cardiology: heart
- obstetrics: care of pregnant women
- dental offices: teeth
Types of clinics
- surgical
- specialty
- Rehab
- Outpaitent
- Health Department
- Medical Center
Emergency care services
- helicopters
- ambulances
- paramedics
- firefighters
Laboratories
- Medical
- Research
- Dental
Home health care
*go to patients home
•speech therapy
•occupational therapy
•physical therapy
Hospice
People who have 6 months or less to live
Palliative care
Care that provides support and comfort is directed toward allowing the person to die with dignity
Mental Health facilities
- counciling and guidance
- mental health issues
- physical abuse treatment centers
Genetic counseling centers
-work with couples or individuals who are pregnant or considering
• preform prenatal screening tests, check for abnormalities and birth defects etc.
Rehabilitation facilities
Provide care to help patients with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self-care and function
•occupational, physical, recreational, speech & hearing therapy
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
Provide total health care directed toward preventive health care
Industrial health care centers
- provide health care for employees of the industry or business by performing basic examinations
- nurse cares for workers on the job
School health services
•provide health care of emergencies, performs tests and maintains a safe and sanitary school environment
World Health Organization (WHO)
•compiles statistics and information on disease, publishes health info and investigates serious health problems throughout the world
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National agency that deals with the health problems in the United States
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Involved in research on disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Causes, spread and control of diseases in populations
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Research the quality of health care delivery and identify standards that should be provided by health care facilities
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illnesses
Deductibles
Amounts that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay
Co insurance
Requires that specific percentages of expenses are shared by the patient and insurance company
Co payment
A specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) insurance
A monthly fee stays the same regardless of the amount of health care used
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
Type of health insurance plan usually provided by lard industries or companies to their employees
Medicare
A federal government program that provides health care for almost all individuals over the age of 65 and for any person with a disability who has received social security benefits for at least 2 years
Medicaid
A medical assistance program operated by individual states
Workers’ compensation
A health insurance plan providing treatment for workers injured on the job
Managed care
An approach that has developed in response to rising health care costs
Organizational structure
Emcompasses a line of authority or chain of command
Hospitals: General
- can not turn you away
- have to treat regardless of payment
- surgical services
Provides assistance and care mainly for elderly paitents
Long Term Care
Provides special care for accidents or sudden illness
Emergency care
Deals with mental disorders and diseases
Mental health care
Health centers located in large companies or industries
Industrial health
Offices owned by one or more dentists
Dental offices
Performs special diagnostic tests
Laboratories
Provides health care in a patients home
Home health care
Provides physical, occupational, and other therapies
Rehabilitation
Checks for genetic abnormalities and birth defects
Genetic counseling
Four types of hospitals depending on the source of income received
- private
- religious
- non profit or voluntary
- government
3 services offered by medical offices
- diagnosis
- minor surgery
- treatment
Identify different types of clinics
- surgical clinics
- outpatient clinics
- dental clinics
- emergency care clinics
- rehab clinics
What is palliative care?
Care that provides comfort and allows the person to die with dignity
Four services that can be offered by state and local health departments
- immunization for disease control
- communicable disease control
- clinics for health care and provention
- health education
How do Non profit/voluntary agencies recieve their funding?
Donations, membership fees, fundraisers, and federal or state grants
