Government Agencies & Nonprofit Organizations affecting HC
Factors Influencing HC & Consumer Responsibilities
Epidemiology
Methods of Payment
100
Elderly who have a chronic/long-term illness that are admitted into a nursing home; also called geriatrics
Who are residents?
100
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
What does CDC stand for?
100
Because they are afraid they might miss something and get sued for malpractice
Why do some doctors influence the rising cost of healthcare by ordering so many tests?
100
The study of health and disease in human populations; it’s all about public health
What is epidemiology?
100
A set amount of money you must pay up front each year before your insurance begins to pay.
What is a deductible?
200
Care given to patients who have a terminal illness with a life expectancy of 6 months or less; focus is on palliative care
What is hospice care?
200
To provide funding for research, promote education, and services for victims of specific diseases
What is the purpose of non profit organizations in healthcare?
200
Language
What aspect of culture has the greatest influence on the ability to provide health care?
200
Communicable disease
Cardiovascular disease
Cancer
Mental illness
Accidents
And more….
What do epidemiologists study?
200
A government program providing care for military dependents and retired members of Armed Forces
What is TRICARE?
300
Services needed by the community such as immunizations, inspections for sanitation, collection of statistics, prenatal clinics, STD testing, etc.
What services do local and state health departments provide?
300
Concerned with insuring there is safety in workplace and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illnesses
What is OSHA?
300
The internet
What technology has had an impact on healthcare by providing patients with greater access to disease information?
300
Number of new cases of a disease or event in a specific population
What is incidence?
300
Lost wages
What will Worker’s Compensation cover that other insurance companies will not?
400
Treating physical or mental illness/disease with medication
What is an example of Western Medicine?
400
Federal agency responsible for regulating products sold to the public such as cosmetics, drugs and food
What is the FDA?
400
1. Showing respect for other patients and health care workers
2. Recognize the risks involved and the limits of the operation.
What are two consumer responsibilities?
400
The number of cases of a specific disease in a specific period of time per unit of population, usually described as a number per 1000.
What is morbidity?
400
Government funded insurance for people over the age of 65 that only pays 80% of healthcare cost
What is medicare?
500
1. Receive healthcarea at a cheaper cost but you don't always get to use your physician of choice
2. Preventive measures
1. What is an advantage and a disadvantage of managed care?
2. What is the focus of managed care?
500
an international agency investigating and dealing with serious health problems throughout the world
What is WHO?
500
Issues related to right to life, right to die, and stem cell research all fall under this broad emerging issue
What is bioethics?
500
The number of times a condition (disease) occurs in relation to the total number of people.
What is prevalence?
500
Government effort to control costs for Medicare and Medicaid, patients with certain diagnoses classified in one payment group; agency only gets the set amount, so encourages facilities to makes every effort to stay within the expense limit allowed