Unit 2 Lesson 2: How do we get care?

Question 1

Where do we receive health care?

Answer 1

. Hospitals, long-term care facilities, health clinics, and doctor’s offices are some of the places where we receive our health care.

Question 2

What is the inpatient care

Answer 2

If a patient needs to stay overnight at a facility, we refer to their care as inpatient care.

Question 3

What is outpatient care?

Answer 3

For patients who need care but are well enough to go home the same day, they will need outpatient care.

Question 4

What kind of care do general hospitals provide

Answer 4

General hospitals provide short-term care for illnesses, injuries, and urgent medical conditions; acute care

Question 5

What is acute care?

Answer 5

acute care, or active but short-term care.

Question 6

Where are diagnostic services and rehabilitation provided

Answer 6

Hospitals also provide diagnostic services and rehabilitation

Question 7

Who owns hospitals

Answer 7

Hospitals can be privately owned, either for-profit or not-for-profit. Other hospitals are run by a county or state government.

Question 8

What do larger hospitals provide

Answer 8

. Larger hospitals often have more advanced equipment than doctors’ offices and can perform a wide range of services.

Question 9

What are rural hosipitals

Answer 9

Rural hospitals are usually smaller and offer more basic services.

Question 10

What are specialty hospitals

Answer 10

Specialty hospitals exist to provide care for specific conditions like mental health services, rehabilitation, surgery, or any other specific disease or population.

Question 11

Talk about specil hospitals

Answer 11

There are also special hospitals run by the Veteran’s Administration to care for military veterans.

Question 12

What is long term care

Answer 12

Long-term care is the opposite of acute care. It includes facilities that care for people for an extended period of time, usually more than one month.

Question 13

What do you find in the long-term care cateroy

Answer 13

In this category, you will find skilled care facilities where patients can be provided with wound care, treatments, and ongoing monitoring as they regain health to be able to return home.Often patients who have been treated in a hospital will be transferred to a skilled care facility for further recovery.

Question 14

How do Nursing homes work

Answer 14

Nursing homes provide help with daily life activities like bathing, dressing, and eating for clients who cannot do these things for themselves. Many nursing home residents are elderly, but some need the care because of disease or injury that makes them unable to care for themselves. (long term care)

Question 15

What are Assisted living facilities

Answer 15

Assisted living facilities can bridge the gap between living independently and requiring the level of care of a nursing home, something often needed as patients’ health declines with age.

Question 16

What are Rehablition centers

Answer 16

Rehabilitation centers give extended care and treatment for patients with physical and mental health problems, such as recovery from a stroke, drug treatment, or recovery from a serious injury.

Question 17

What is Ambulatory care?

Answer 17

Ambulatory care is medical care provided for people who are healthy enough to enter and leave the facility the same day. The term ambulatory care is synonymous with outpatient care and includes private medical offices, clinics, outpatient clinics, and walk-in clinics in pharmacies, shopping centers, and other sites.

Question 18

What does Ambulatroy care inculde

Answer 18

Ambulatory care can include care for minor or routine health problems, like insect stings, wounds, and common illnesses, or more advanced care like outpatient chemotherapy or surgeries.

Question 19

Home healthcare industies provide what

Answer 19

Home healthcare agencies can provide care at home for terminally ill patients or patients recovering at home from surgery or illness who are not able to get to an ambulatory health provider.

Question 20

What are community health centers

Answer 20

Community health centers receive public funding and provide services to the community at large. These can include public health clinics for at-risk populations, like drug users, homeless people, or those who cannot afford to pay for care. There are often services open to anyone in the community, such as services for victims of domestic violence, a hotline for people in crisis, prenatal care for pregnant women, and social services to help people access needed health care.