Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
27 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
adult day care
|
a daytime program of nursing care, rehab therapy, supervision, and socialization that complements informal care provided at home
|
|
|
alternative medicine
|
the broad domain of all health care resources, other than those intrinsic to biomedicine
|
|
|
ambulatory care
|
care rendered to patients who come to physicians' offices, outpatient depts, and health centers to recieve care.
|
|
|
case management
|
a method of linking, managing, and coordinating services to meet the varied and changing health care needs of elderly clients.
|
|
|
gatekeeping
|
implies that patients do not visit specialists and are not admitted to a hospital without being referred by their primary care physicians.
|
|
|
hospice
|
a cluster of comprehensive services for the terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or less.
|
|
|
palliative care
|
pain and symptom management area within hospice care
|
|
|
primary health care
|
plays a central role in health care delivery, universally accessable, essential and based on practical methods. Preventative approach to diseases
|
|
|
tertiary care
|
the most complex level of care that is needed for conditions that are relatively uncommon
|
|
|
urgent care centers
|
accept patients without appointments and offer a wide range of routine services on a first come first service basis
|
|
|
advance directives
|
the patient can express in advance his wishes reguarding continuation or withdrawl of treatment in the event that he becomes incompatent
|
|
|
average length of stay
|
the average number of days a patient stays in the hospital
|
|
|
census
|
the number of patients in a hospital on a given day
|
|
|
informed consent
|
basic patient right to make an informed choice regarding medical treatment, including the right to refuse treatment
|
|
|
general hospital
|
provides a variety of services and treats a variety of acute conditions
|
|
|
community hospital
|
a nonfederal, short-stay hospital whose services are available to the general public
|
|
|
specialty hospital
|
admits only certain types of patients or those with specified illnesses or conditions
|
|
|
teaching hospital
|
offers one or more graduate residency program approved by the AMA
|
|
|
acquisition
|
the purchase of one organization by another
|
|
|
capitation
|
the provider is paid a fixed monthly sum per enrollee
|
|
|
horizontal integration
|
a growth strategy in which a health care delivery organization extends its core product or service
|
|
|
vertical integration
|
links services that are at different stages in the production process of health care
|
|
|
joint venture
|
when two or more institutions share resources to create a new organization to pursue a common purpose
|
|
|
merger
|
a mutual agreement to unify two or more organizations into a single entity
|
|
|
PHO (physician hospital organizations)
|
a legal entity that forms an alliance between a hospital and local physicians and combines their services
|
|
|
utillzation review
|
the process of evaluating the appropriateness of services provided
|
|
|
done
|
ok
|
