Ambulatory Care Questions with
Accurate Answers
"ambul" means correct answer walking
7 Types of Ambulatory Care Settings: correct answer 1) Hospital
emergency departments (EDs)
2) Hospital-based outpatient departments (OPDs)
3) Outpatient offices; physician private practices
4) Urgent Care Centers
5) Retail clinics
6) Concierge medicine
7) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
A poorly functioning system creates niches for services such as
concierge medicine and direct primary care because: correct answer
Patients are not getting what they need and physicians are constrained
in how they can meet these needs
CAM makes up about ____% of Out of Pocket Spending on all
healthcare correct answer 11%
Compared to emergency rooms, urgent care centers are: correct
answer Cheaper, often have shorter wait times, and often have lower
copay for insurance than ER
, Concierge medicine ______ have a huge impact yet correct answer
Does not
For 20 years, care has been moving to the _________ setting correct
answer Ambulatory
From 1997-2007, the amount of emergency room visits ______ by ___
%, however the annual visit rate ______ by ___% correct answer
Increased, 23% (116.8 million visits)
Increased, 11%
From 2007 to 2009, retail clinics grew ____x correct answer 4x
Historically, general practitioners provided first contact care in US,
however now, only ___% of annual visits for acute care (treatment for
newly arising health problems) are made to patients' personal
physicians. The rest are made to: correct answer 42%
Emergency departments, specialists, or outpatient departments
Hospital Based Outpatient Departments (OPDs) correct answer
Historically primarily serve inner city/country hospitals. Important part
Accurate Answers
"ambul" means correct answer walking
7 Types of Ambulatory Care Settings: correct answer 1) Hospital
emergency departments (EDs)
2) Hospital-based outpatient departments (OPDs)
3) Outpatient offices; physician private practices
4) Urgent Care Centers
5) Retail clinics
6) Concierge medicine
7) Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
A poorly functioning system creates niches for services such as
concierge medicine and direct primary care because: correct answer
Patients are not getting what they need and physicians are constrained
in how they can meet these needs
CAM makes up about ____% of Out of Pocket Spending on all
healthcare correct answer 11%
Compared to emergency rooms, urgent care centers are: correct
answer Cheaper, often have shorter wait times, and often have lower
copay for insurance than ER
, Concierge medicine ______ have a huge impact yet correct answer
Does not
For 20 years, care has been moving to the _________ setting correct
answer Ambulatory
From 1997-2007, the amount of emergency room visits ______ by ___
%, however the annual visit rate ______ by ___% correct answer
Increased, 23% (116.8 million visits)
Increased, 11%
From 2007 to 2009, retail clinics grew ____x correct answer 4x
Historically, general practitioners provided first contact care in US,
however now, only ___% of annual visits for acute care (treatment for
newly arising health problems) are made to patients' personal
physicians. The rest are made to: correct answer 42%
Emergency departments, specialists, or outpatient departments
Hospital Based Outpatient Departments (OPDs) correct answer
Historically primarily serve inner city/country hospitals. Important part
