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Chapter 2 studyguide
a flashcard study guide for chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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assisted living facilities | provides many services for people in need, they help in day to day life, homes like nursing and retirement homes are also included,and support and health services are also provided |
centers for disease control and prevention | the federal agency who tries their best to control disease, and the infections that spread in the united states |
clinics | found in many types of health care facilities, and have many other words for them like satellite centers and or satellite clinics |
(FDA) food and drug administration | works with food and health related products, regulates the cleaniness of them and what is in them. An agency that works with human and health services |
genetic counseling centers | works with people who are pregnant and who want to be, located in any and most facilities |
Health departments | provide health services in the U.S. department of health |
health maintence | Fix healthcare frees, also provide a total cost. more of regulates price |
hospitals | gives treatment to people in need. a place were healthcare work happens |
independent living facilities | Like an apartment, lets patients who can technically live on their own but need help live near or in the facility |
managed care | with the members they are a system that ambines financially and cost effecient dilivery to their members |
medicated | health care payment program that is spend by the federal station and goverments |
national institutes | an agency trying to learn and get more info on improving mental health |
non profit agencies | who dont make you have to pay, relies on donations and other optional payment plans |
(OSHA) occupational safety and health administration | protects the welfare of the people to create a health and safe enviroment |
optical centers | can be owned indivisually or by an ophthamologist can be part of a large chain |
organizational structures | a way of repeating things to work together |
referred provider | another type of insurance plan usually in larger industries or companies |
school health services | In school and or colleges an emergancy care for sudden emergancies |
TRICARE | A care for people in the military and their family |
U.S. department of Health and human services | an agencey that tries to protect the health of ALL americans |
voluntary agencies | another word for non profit angencies |
workers composition | an insurance provided by your job |
world health organization | made up of multiple countries trying to learn more by improving health |
health insurance plans | to help pay for health care. Health care is insanely expensive, and without insurance it can become a financial disaster |
medicare | insurance for people over the age of 65 |
what is one advantage of HMOs | they tell you the price of the healthcare |
what is a disadvantage of HMOs | they are more flexible and provide like insurance |
Why has the concept of managed care developed? What is the principle behind managed care? | developed as a response to the rising health cost, all health care provided must have purpous |
What is the purpose for an organizational structure in a health care facility? | to make sure health care workers know their responsibilities and what to do if anything happens |