Insurance
Government-funded insurance for people 65 and older.
What is Medicare?
The U.S. has more than this number of hospitals.
What is 6,500?
This U.S. agency monitors workplace safety.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)
She tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and founded the first secular nursing school in London.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
The Egyptians introduced the concepts of these two practices in medicine.
What are diagnosis and prognosis?
This program provides insurance for people with low income and limited assets.
What is Medicaid?
These facilities provide care for terminally ill patients.
The CDC stands for this.
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
The first woman to formally study and practice medicine in the United States.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
The Greeks realized that some diseases were caused by this.
What is poor sanitation?
A form of insurance that provides wage replacement and medical benefits for workplace injuries.
What is Worker's Compensation?
A hospital that provides treatment for acute, or severe, medical problems.
What is a short-stay hospital?
This organization sets international health standards and combats disease outbreaks worldwide.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
She formed the American Red Cross, one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world.
The invention that allowed mass production of medical books during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press?
Name two types of specialty centers.
What are trauma, surgical, urgent care, optical, etc.
The FDA is responsible for regulating these two industries.
What is food and drugs?
He promoted the benefits of hand washing to prevent disease spread.
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?
This scientist discovered that some diseases are caused by pathogens.
Who is Robert Koch
These types of insurance plans contract with preferred providers for patient choice.
What are PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations)?
These professionals may join together to form clinics and sometimes specialize by age or condition.
Who are dentists?
Clara Barton formed this volunteer health agency.
What is the American Red Cross?
He is considered one of the greatest surgeons of the ancient world., as well as the Prince of Physicians?
Who is Galen?
This scientist developed germ theory and studied microorganisms.
Who is Louis Pasteur?