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Providers - Answer: People or organizations that provide health care, including doctors, nurses, clinics,
and agenices.
Facilities - Answer: Places where care is delivered or administered, including hospitals, long-term care
facilites, and treatment centers.
ex. cancer facilites
Payers - Answer: People or organizatations paying for health care services.
Long-Term care - Answer: Is given in long term care facilities for people who need 24 hour skilled care.
Skilled care - Answer: Medically necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist; it is available for 24
hours a day.
Length of stay - Answer: The number of days a person stays in a healthcare facility.
Terminal illness - Answer: A illness that will eventually cause death.
Home health care - Answer: Health care provided in a persons home
Diagnosis - Answer: Medical conditions determined by a doctor
Assisted living - Answer: A facility or residency for people who need help with daily care.
Dementia - Answer: A serious loss of mental abilities
, Adult day services - Answer: For people who need some assistance and supervision during certain hours
but who do not live in the facility where care is provided .
Acute care - Answer: A 24 hour skilled care given in hospitals or emergency rooms for people who
require short-term immediate care for illnesses or injuries.
Subacute care - Answer: Care given in a hospital or a long-term facility for people who need less care
then for an acute illness but more care for a chronic illness.
Outpatient care - Answer: Care given for less than 24 hours for people who need short-term skilled care.
Rehabilitation - Answer: Care given by specialist such as physical occupational and speech therapy to
improve health.
Hospice care - Answer: Care given and Facilitar ease or homes for people who have approximately six
months or less to live.
Health maintenance organization's (HMOs) - Answer: Require that participants use a particular doctor or
group of doctors except in case of emergency.
Preferred provider organizations (PPOs) - Answer: Another cost reducing healthcare option that
provides health services to a group of people.
Managed-care - Answer: A system or strategy of managing health care in a way that controls costs.
Catheter - Answer: Fin tube inserted into the body to drain fluid or inject fluids.
Policy - Answer: A course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurrs.
Procedure - Answer: A message or a way of doing something.