VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are the three major categories of ownership and control? -
✅✅Government, non-government NP, and non-government FP
Community hospital (85%) - ✅✅All nonfederal, short-term general, and special
hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public (gyno, ENT,
rehab, orthopedic, and short term general hospitals are considered community
hospitals)
Community Hospital- % of beds - ✅✅NFP- 68.2% FP- 17.8% and State/local-
14%
Community hospital- % of annual admissions - ✅✅NFP- 72.3% FP-15.8% and
state/local- 11.9%
Postacute care defined - ✅✅to restore patient health and mobility and to provide
continuing care for people with chronic conditions who can no longer live at home
or without assistance.
,Other postacute care settings include - ✅✅-long-term care acute hospitals
(LTACHS)
-other specialty hospitals
-ambulatory rehab facilities
Long-term postacute care - ✅✅encompasses a range of supportive, rehab,
nursing and palliative services provided to people- young to old- whose capacity to
perform daily activities is restricted due to chronic disease or disability.
5 major sectors of long-term care (postacute) - ✅✅adult day services, home
health, hospice, nursing homes, and residential care facilities.
In 2016, majority of home health agencies - ✅✅were FP centers (i.e. hospice,
nursing homes etc)
In 2016, the minority of adult day services centers were - ✅✅for profit (FP)
In 2016, majority of nursing homes and residential care communities and minority
adult day service centers were - ✅✅chain-affiliated
,Adult day services centers - ✅✅4600 adult day services centers and 286,300
participants (safe, professional care settings for adults who need supervision
outside the home during the day)
Home health agencies - ✅✅provided to individuals and families in their place of
residence to promote, maintain, or restore health or to maximize the level of
independence while minimizing the effects of disability and illness, including
terminal illness.
Hospitals without walls (Home health) - ✅✅advnaces in technology allow
dozens of complex illnesses, once treated almost exclusively in the hospital, to be
treated at home.
Hospice - ✅✅4300 hospices and 1,426,000 patients received services in 2015.
Defined as a program of palliative and supportive care services that provides
physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for dying persons, their families
and other loved ones (usually life expectancy is <6mo)
Nursing homes - ✅✅15,600 homes and 1,347,600 residents. Provide a wide
range of health and personal care services- focusing on medical care more than
most assisted living facilities. (rehab, physical, occupational and speech)
, Residential care communities - ✅✅28,900 res. care communities and 811,500
residents served. Provide level of care and supervision for people unable to live by
themselves but who do not need 24-hour nursing care.
Horizontal - ✅✅mergers and acquisitions
vertical - ✅✅adding service lines and/or levels of care
People who provide HC - ✅✅physicians, nurses, and radiology techs
HC Occupations - ✅✅•Dieticians and nutritionists
•Pharmacists working in retail stores
•Paramedics providing ambulance services
•Orthotists and prosthetists (Braces and artificial limbs)
•Medical records and health information technicians
•Many others
Certification or licensure - ✅✅required to practice for many, although not all,
HC occupations