HMP 270 Final Exam questions and answers 2024

Current Advancements in Medical Care - rational drug design, advanced imaging, minimally invasive surgery (growth in ambulatory surgery centers), genetic mapping, gene therapy, vaccines to protect against non-infectious disease and bolster immune system, artificial blood, digitalization, globalization and medical tourism, immunotherapy, stem cell research, xenotransplantation (transplanting organs from one organism to another) Financing health services - Inflow- Medicare and Medicaid 37%, Private Insurance 34%, patient payments 10% Outflow- most to hospitals, physicians, and clinical services Nursing Homes and Adult living facilities - cost 100,000 per year, not covered by medicare unless through a hospital for the first 100 days -people who cannot afford nursing homes may become eligible for medicaid in addition to medicare if they exhaust all their savings and become medically indigent -only alternative is private long-term care insurance Private long term care insurance - coverage if you lose any of the 5 ADL's- dressing, bathing, feeding, walking, toileting -better to lock in when younger home health care - around 52,000 on avg. per year, not covered by medicare assisted living - not full nursing home but intermediate care- some support but no skilled nursing