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What characterizing practice setting refers to system's organization & management?
Administration of setting
What characterizing practice setting refers to the type of service and length of time the patient receives services?
Levels of care
What characterizing practice setting is organized around the continuum of care?
Levels of care
What characterizing practice setting relates to the types of condition that the setting serves?
Areas of practice
Administration of setting involves what three types of agencies?
1. Public agencies- federal, state, or county government operated (VA, Indian Heath Service (IHS), sate mental hospitals or facilities for persons with DD schools)
2. Prive not-for-profit agencies- hospitals, Easter Seal Society
3.Private for-profit agencies- large for-profit agencies (hospitals, nursing homes)
What are some examples of levels of care?
acute care
subacute care
in-patient rehabilitation
long term care
outpatient care
home health
All of the following are true for acute care except:
A) gradual and long-term needs
B) typically hoospital setting
C) stabilizing medical condition is priority
D) Include ICUs
E) Wide range of diagnoses
F) Reimbursed by PPS, DRGs; a predetermined, fixed fee
A) gradual and long-term needs

Correct answer: sudden and short-term needs
What is the average length of stay for acute care?
3-5 days
What level of care is less intensive compared to acute care?
Subacute care
All of the following are true for subacute care except:
A) typically located in a hospital
B) simple medical situations requiring shorter period of rehabilitation
C) length of stay usually from 1-4 weeks (perons with stroke, hip fractures, cancer, cardiac condition)
D) reimbursed by a PPS using RUGs
B) simple medical situations requiring shorter period of rehabilitation

Correct answer: complex medical situations requiring longer period of rehabilitation
What level of care has a highly structured schedule and patients receive 3+ hours of therapy daily usually divided into 2 sessions?
In-patient rehabilitation
What is the average length of stay for in-patient rehabilitation?
2 weeks
In-patient rehabilitation units must comply with what rule?
the 75% rule
Who reimburses in-patient rehabilitation?
PPS using case mix groups (CMGs)
How is long term care reminbursed?
varies based on setting
True or false:
Long term care includes skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), institutions, home, community-based program, long term acute care (LTAC), etc.
True
All of the following for long term care are true except:
A) patients are medically stable
B) have a chronic condition
C) have a condition requiring extended time to treat
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
E) none of the above

All are true
Describe a client at the level of care: outpatient care.
clients with disabling conditions
may focus on medical issures
have been discharged from a hospital setting
still in need of therapy services
treatment frequency varies from 5 days per week to once every other week
can be general, specilized, pediatric
reminbursed on a Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Home health patients must be __________ to qualify.
"homebound"
Where does therapy take place for home health?
client's home environment (house, assisted living facility, hospice care)
Who does home health get reminbursed by?
PPS via a home health resource group (HHRG)
What are the three areas of practice?
1) biological (medical)
2) psychological
3) sociological (social)
What is the focus for biological/medical area?
disease, trauma, disorders, loss of ROM or sensation, pain, damage to body systems
Biological/medical area's team consists of who?
PT, SLP, physician, nurse, social wokers (SW)/ case manager (CM), pastoral care, certified therapeutic recreation specialist (CTRS)
What are the types of settings for biological/medical area?
hospital, clinics, work site (industry), home health, SNFs
What is the focus for sociological/social area?
intellectual disabilities, developmental delay, functional limitation
Sociological/social area's team consists of who?
SW/CM, speical education teacher, SLPs, CTRSs
What are the types of settings for sociological/social are?
early intervention (0-3), schools (public or privarte, mainstream or specialized), day treatment, workshops, special camps, ARC
What is the focus for psychological area?
emotional, psychiatric, addiction, problems that affect thinking, memory, attention, emotional control, judgment, and self-concept
Psychological area's team consists of who?
psychiatrisits, psychologists, CTRSs
What are the types of settings for psychological area?
state institutions, community mental health centers
What are two other settings?
Nontraditional and private practice
How is private practice defined?
self-defined
What are the AOTA's defined practice areas?
1) children and youth
2) health and wellness
3) mental health
4) prductive aging
5) rehabilitation, disability and participation
6) work and industry
Who owns the settings in which OT practitioners work?
2010 private, for-profit agencies 38.1%
2006 29.6%
2006 private not-for-profit agencies 29.6%
What are the two top age groups for clients treated by OT practitioners?
2010 adults age 65 or older 35.9%
2006 chidren 3-21 35.1%
Give some examples of AOTA's emerging practice areas.
needs for children and youth
assistive technology
driving assessment and training programs
community health and wellness
ergonomics consulting
educational trends towards EBP