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56 Cards in this Set
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What is the term that describes health care workers and institutions that make health care services available to those who want or need them?
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Health-Care Providers
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What do the initials HMO stand for?
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Helath Maintenance Organization
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What term describes methods designed to control the quality of health care as well as the cost of health care?
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health-care regulation
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What are the two major categoried of ownership within the health-care system?
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government and private
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What term is used to denote "short-term illness"?
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acute
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What federal program provides hospital and medical insurance protection for people over sixty-five years of age?
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Medicare
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What federal and state programs provides medical assistance for persons receving public assistance?
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Medicaid
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What is the patient classification system set up by medicare designed to help contain the cost of health care and reduce the burden on Medicare financing?
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Diagnosis Related Group
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What person in the health care setting hsa the responsiblity to recruit and interview applicants who wish to fill a position within his or her institution?
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Director of Human Resources
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A health care program for patients who are terminally ill is called what?
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hospice
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What health care employee is the business manager who supervises the business office and is responsible for the hospital finances?
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Comptroller
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What role does the medical transcriptionst play in the health care setting?
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types medical dictation
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What type of planning includes nursing home placement, home care planning transportation, referrals to community resources and followup?
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discharge planning
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What are expenses incurred by hospital in the treatment of patients?
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hospital costs
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What is the term for twenty-four hour period of time during which hospital services are provided to a hospitalized patient?
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hospital day
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What outside influence has contributed to increased hospital costs such as increased wages, cost of supplies, and replacement of obsolete equipment?
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inflation
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What two major groups in society are most likely to have poor health?
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eldery and poor
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Name three external funding sources used to help finance hospitals.
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private grants, government grants long-term commerical borrowing
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How are hospitals classified?
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control of ownership and type of services rendered
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What type of hospitals are controlled by the federal government?
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Military, US Public service, Veterans administration
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What type of hospital operates for a profit?
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Proprietary
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Name the most common agency which porvides evaluation and inspection of health care facilities?
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization
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Name the founder of the Hospice movement?
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Cicely Saunders MD
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When did Congress approve coverage of hospice services under Medicare?
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1982
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When was the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare established?
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1953
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What is the current name of the previously established US Department of Health, Education, Welfare?
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Department of Health and Human Services
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What federal program offers veterans certain medical care for limited time following discharge from military service?
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Veterans administration
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What type of review deals with the evaluation of patterns of health care provided to patients in a specific health care agency?
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agency review
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Which branch of the US Public Health Service provides health care to Native Americans on the reservations?
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Project Hope
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What type of health care promotes good health and early diagnosis and prevention of disease through services provided by varius members of health care team?
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Primary Health Care
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What type of health care consists of diagnosis and treatment that comes after a patient enters the health-care system?
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High School Health Care
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What type of care involves rehabilitation and restoration of an individual to maximum functioning potential following an acute illness?
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Tertiary Care
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Who is repsonsible for the regulation and evaluation of the activities of hospitals?
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State Department of Health
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What type of program is put in place to evaluate and improve the level of services to patients ensuring that at least minimally accepted levels of service are provided?
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Quality Improvement
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What federal government center id concerned with prevention and control of disease?
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Center of Disease Control and Prevention
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What is one of the strongest social influences on health care today?
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Aging popluation
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What procress illustrates the concept that a person's health status shifts back and forth during a lifetime?
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Health Continuum
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What term describes strategies to maintain or improve health?
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health promotion
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What facility provides care to individuals who need supportive training in order to care for themselves once again?
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Rehabilitation
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What facility offers healthcare for people that are acutely ill?
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Hospital
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Name the facility that provides services for people who need care for a prolonged period of time?
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Long term Care
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name the service that allows individuals to remain in their home and receive help from a care giver?
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Home Health Care
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Drug and alcohol treatment centers are examples of what type of health care facilities?
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Behavioral Health Centers
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What division of the health care institution is made up of individuals who direct the institution in the fulfillment of its stated mission and goals?
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Administration
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The group of people that have the education necessary to provide care to patients are called what?
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Health Care Team
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Which health care worker determines and secures supportive services such as home health care and financial referral?
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Social Worker
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What is the name given to centers that provide health care for employees of an industry or business, perform basic examinations, teach accident prevention, safety and provide emergency care?
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Industrial Health Care Center
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What is the name of the International health agency sponored by the United Nations?
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World Health Organization
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The American Cander Society, the American Heart Association, and the American Red Cross are examples of what tyoe of agencies?
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Nonprofit Organizations
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With some insurance plans, after the patient has paid his or her deductible the patient is responsible for 20% of the balance due and the insurance company pays 80%. The 20% the patient pays is called what?
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co-payment
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Name the health insurance plan that provides treatment for workers injured on the job?
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Worker's Compensation
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What is the term frequently used in health care to control the rising cost of health care?
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cost containment
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What structure shows lines of authority within health care facility?
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organizational chart
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For which health care worker does OBRA require states to establish a training and competency evaluation program?
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Nurse Assistant
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What is the largest anf fastest growing industry in the United States?
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health care
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What is the name given to a group of providers who work together to lower costs by maintaining patients health and standardizing their treatment?
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Health Maintenance Organizations
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