Elderly/End of Life
End stage renal failure or 65 years of age
Medicare
What "Social" Fix happened in 1935?
Social Security Act of 1935 (S.S.)
Improvement in _____ has been huge in the decline of mortality in the 20th century.
hygiene
New and emerging public health concerns:
(from animals & humans)
Avian Flu, Ebola, MRSA, Bird Flu, Sars, H1N1
Increased number of elderly (Baby Boomers) & living longer increases the prevalence of what?
chronic and degenerative diseases
What two programs happened in 1965 and who do they benefit?
(more "Social" Fixes)
Medicare & Medicaid
Cholera, Yellow Fever, & Black Plague are what?
epidemics
Public health promotes health and _____ illness.
prevents/prevention
Progressive mental deterioration
Alzheimer's
Healthy People 2020 focuses on:
1) Healthy quality of life
2) Increased primary care PA/MD
3) focus on _____ to increase health access
Social determinants of health
(gender, race, education, income)
Disease of short duration and sudden onset
Acute Disease
What causes the increase in cost of health care in the U.S.?
technology, pharmaceuticals, & research
Hot meal served to the elderly and shut in
Meals on Wheels
Health Care Reform & date
Affordable Care Act (ACA) 2010
First Hospital Insurance
Blue Cross
Communicating health care electronically from afar
telemedicine
Treatment of chronic conditions in the elderly are what fraction of total health care cost in the U.S.?
2/3
Six points of patient care partnership
(Need to at least name 4)
1) High Quality
2) Clean & safe
3) Patient Centered
4) Billing help
5) Protection/privacy6) Help with leaving
24 hour nursing care
(started when people took care of elderly in home or at poor houses)
skilled nursing facilities
What does HIPAA stand for and what do they do?
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
Security & safeguard health information
Long lasting illness
chronic illness
4 types of hospitals
public for profit, public for non-profit, private for profit, private for non-profit
Besides hygiene, what helped people stop dying from diarrhea and bacteria
penicillin/antibiotics
Hospitals & insurance follow this capitation payment plan
DRG (Diagnostic Related Group)
tax deferred/private savings designed to pay for medical expenses tax free
Health Savings Account
Degree in which people obtain and process health information
Health Literacy