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Front 1

Case Management

Back 1

Provides coordination and referal among a variety of health care services

Front 2

Teriary Care

Back 2

Constitutes the most complex, specialized and highly technical level of care

Front 3

Categorical Programs

Back 3

Public health programs focused specific diseases or groups

Front 4

Secondary Care

Back 4

Includes routine hospitalization,surgery and specialized outpatient care

Front 5

Urgent Conditions

Back 5

Condition requires medical attention within a few hours

Front 6

Hospice

Back 6

Cluster of comprehensive services for the dying

Front 7

Nonurgent Conditions

Back 7

Does not require an emergency room, disorder is minor in nature

Front 8

Urgi-Centers

Back 8

Community based freestanding clinic open 24 hours

Front 9

Telephone triage

Back 9

Provides phone access to get expert opinion and advice especially when and MD is not available

Front 10

Adult day care

Back 10

Professional day services provided for a dependant adult in a facility

Front 11

Palliation

Back 11

Pain & symptom management in hospice care

Front 12

Alternative Medicine

Back 12

Refers non traditional approaches to treating patients

Front 13

Outpatient Services

Back 13

Health care services provided without an overnight stay with charges

Front 14

Surgi-Centers

Back 14

Freestanding ambulatory surgery centers

Front 15

Emergent Condidtions

Back 15

Requires immediate attention

Front 16

Iatrogenic (Injury)

Back 16

Caused by the process of health care (treatment)itself

Front 17

Describe how some of the changes in the health service delivery system have led to a decline in hospital inpatient days and growth in ambulatory services

Back 17

The growth in ambulatory services is mainly because of people wanting convience. Patients would rather go to different facilities like MRI centers, and woman health clinics because of preference.THe increase in ambulatory services has led to a decrease in hospital inpatient days for example if a pt. can have access toa service outside of a hospital they will use it. Pt's do not want to stay ina hosp. if they don't need to.

Front 18

What implications has the decline in hospital occupancy rates had for hospital management?

Back 18

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Front 19

Discuss the gatekeeping role of primary care?

Back 19

Gatekeeping implies the patiens do not visit specialists and are not admitted to a hospital without being referred by their primary care physician. The interpostition of primary care protects patients from unneccassry procedures and over-treatment, because specialists use medical tests and procedures to a much greater extent than primary care givers. Such interventions carry a definite risk of iatrogenic compilcations

Front 20

Why is the hospital emergency department sometyimes used for non urgent conditions?What are the consequences?

Back 20

For many the uninsured lacking access to routine primary care, the ED has become the family physician, especially at night and on weekends. Reasons for ED use for non-urgent care include erroneous self-assessment of severity of ailment or injury , the 24 hour open door policy, convience, and unavailability of primary care providers.