Outpatient & Primary Care
Any health care service not requiring an overnight stay in an institution of health care delivery.
What is outpatient care?
The elderly.
Who are the primary consumers of LTC?
This quality problem is when patients do not receive medically necessary care. An example is not giving pain medication when a patient needs it.
What is underuse?
This helps patients get access into the health care system.
What is Health insurance?
Care for patients with a life expectancy <6 months
What is hospice care?
ADLs and IADLs
What are the two measures used to determine a person's level of dependency?
According to the Institute of Medicine's "To Err is Human" report, this domain of health care respects the patient's wishes.
What is patient-centered?
Access is a ________________ along with environment, lifestyle and hereditary factors.
What is determinant of health?
Point of entry, community based, coordination of care, essential care, integrated care, & accountability.
What are the domains of primary care?
Enable the individual to maintain functional independence to the maximum level that is practicable.
What is the main goal of LTC?
This type of care respects an individual patient's preferences. An example is stopping treatment if the patient wishes.
What is patient-centered care?
The relationship between how health care is delivered and clients’ needs.
What is accommodation?
Care that is comprehensive, coordinate, and continuous.
What is integrated care?
Using a telephone, driving a car, shopping, cooking, cleaning, managing money and medicines.
What are IADLs?
This type of regulation relies on published performance measures. An example is consumers looking up a nursing home’s scores on Nursing Home Compare
What is market mechanism?
Equipment, staffing levels, and accreditation are aspects of this Donabedian Framework.
What is structure?
Gaining entry to the health care system, have geographic availability, trusting a health care provider.
How to get access to health care?
Patients are wholly cared for by a directed team with coordination across all areas of the health system. One personal physician acts as the primary, continuing medical contact.
What is medical-home model?
A long-term care facility that provides the least amount of medical/nursing care.
What is a nursing home?
Patient satisfaction, patient health status, and healthcare related illness/injuries are all examples of this domain in the Donabedian quality model
What is outcome?
Geography, financing, culture, race, and language.
What are barriers to access?