250 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT) /A+ GRADE
ASSURED
Who do Hospitals often look to for negotiate prices and set
terms? - ....ANSWER...GPO-especially for conventional
medical products. This true of medications (via formularies)
as well
Who must be convinced to select or switch to a new
product? - ....ANSWER...Providers or committees
ED functions related to providing highly technical resources
for acutely ill persons - ....ANSWER...life threatening,
prompt hospitalizations, and serve as secondary private
physician's office.
ED functions related to restricted access to HC -
....ANSWER...cannot reach private physician, reg clinic is
not open or available, geographically isolated, or have no ins
so no place to go when sick.
Top 3 reasons for visits to ED - ....ANSWER...abdominal
pains, chest pain, or fever
,Most ED visits are considered? - ....ANSWER...level 3 or
level 4
Medicare and Medicaid - ....ANSWER...more likely to be
level II (and most likely to be persons over 65)
in 2017, less than of the population experience
an overnight stay in a hospital during a 12mo period
-
....ANSWER...10%
account for about 1/3 of national health expenditures -
....ANSWER...hospitals in 2017
AHA classifies hospitals as one of 4 types based on primary
function of its diagnostic therapeutic services -
....ANSWER...general, special, rehab and chronic disease,
and psychiatric.
General - ....ANSWER...patients presenting with a variety of
medical conditions
Special - ....ANSWER...patient who have specified medical
conditions (cardiac hospital)
Rehab ad chronic disease - ....ANSWER...handicapped or
disabled individuals requiring restorative and adjustive
services
psychiatric - ....ANSWER...patients who have psychiatric-
related illnesses
,hospitals are categorized by - ....ANSWER...-ownership and
control
-# of beds
-average length of patient stay
-annual admissions
-average daily census
Ownership and control - ....ANSWER...the AHA defines
control as the type of organization responsible for
establishing policy concerning the overall operation of
hospitals
What are the three major categories of ownership and
control? - ....ANSWER...Government, non-government NP,
and non-government FP
Community hospital (85%) - ....ANSWER...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 - ....ANSWER...NFP-
68.2% FP- 17.8% and State/local- 14%
Community hospital- % of annual admissions -
....ANSWER...NFP- 72.3% FP-15.8% and state/local-
11.9%
Postacute care defined - ....ANSWER...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 - ....ANSWER...-long-
term care acute hospitals (LTACHS)
-other specialty hospitals
-ambulatory rehab facilities
Long-term postacute care - ....ANSWER...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) -
....ANSWER...adult day services, home health, hospice,
nursing homes, and residential care facilities.
In 2016, majority of home health agencies -
....ANSWER...were FP centers (i.e. hospice, nursing homes
etc)
In 2016, the minority of adult day services centers were -
....ANSWER...for profit (FP)
In 2016, majority of nursing homes and residential care
communities and minority adult day service centers were -
....ANSWER...chain-affiliated
Adult day services centers - ....ANSWER...4600 adult day
services centers and 286,300 participants (safe, professional