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Health services that don't require an overnight stay - (ANSWERS)Outpatient care
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Limited examination and testing
Self-employment = more independence, short duration, - (ANSWERS)Private Practice
Function as the community's safety net, providing primary care to the medically indigent and
uninsured populations - (ANSWERS)Hospital outpatient clinics
Range from basic primary care to urgent care, they are convenient - (ANSWERS)walk in clinics
Can be found in walmart or cvs - (ANSWERS)retail clinics
Offer a wide range of services for basic and acute conditions - (ANSWERS)urgent care centers
Surgery centers that operate independently of hospitals, they usually provide a full range of
services for surgeries that can be performed on a outpatient basis, dont require overnight
hospitalization - (ANSWERS)surgicenters
Health care services that are transported directly to patients and constitute an efficient and
convenient means for providing certain health services, EX: health screening vans -
(ANSWERS)mobile facilities for medical, diagnostic and screening services
Brings expert opinion and advice of health care to a patient, especially when physicians offices
are closed - (ANSWERS)telephone or internet triage
Health care brought to patients in their homes - (ANSWERS)home care
Terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less - (ANSWERS)Hospice Care
Nursing homes, case management, adult day care - (ANSWERS)outpatient long-term care
services
Range of services provided varies by locality, generally health programs are limited in scope,
includes well-baby care, STD clinics, family planning services, TB screening, outpatient mental
health care. States vary in the amount of services offered. - (ANSWERS)public health services
Centers required by law to be located in medically underserved areas and to provide services
to anyone seeking care regardless of ability to pay or insurance. Provides family oriented dental,
preventive and primary care. Serve as a primary care safety net. - (ANSWERS)community health
centers (1960)
1,200 free clinics serve in the U.S AT little to no cost. NOT supported or operated by the
government. Services delivered by trained volunteer staff. - (ANSWERS)Free Clinics
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Complementary and alternative medicine (cam). Complementary intervention %%%%%%
are used with
conventional medical treatments. Alternative interventions are used instead of conventional
medicine. Alternative examples are yoga, prayer, herbal remedies - (ANSWERS)Alternative
medicine clinics
Basic and routine services that include prevention, diagnostic, and therapeutic services, health
education, counseling, minor surgeries. Should be seen as a approach to health care. -
(ANSWERS)Primary care
Short term, consultation from a specialist, includes hospitalization, routine surgery, specialty
consultation, rehab - (ANSWERS)secondary care
Highly specialized, technology driven, mostly rendered in large teaching hospitals. May be long
term. EX: burn treatments, neonatal intensive care, tissue transplants, open heart surgery -
(ANSWERS)Teritary care
Lower hospitalization rates, lower total health care rates, lower rates of self reported poor
health, longer life expectancy - (ANSWERS)Effectiveness of primary care
Issues remain in the coverage of cost, access, and affordability. There is also a shortage of
health care workers. - (ANSWERS)The future of health services delivery
Diagnose abnormalities, prescribe treatment. Must be licensed. - (ANSWERS)PHYSICIANS
Musculoskeletal systems. Stress preventative treatment like diet and exercise. They take a
holistic approach to care. Mostly generalist. - (ANSWERS)DO's
Trained in allopathic medicine. Which views medical treatment as a active intervention to
produce a counteracting reaction in a attempt to neutralize the effects of a disease. Mostly
specialist. - (ANSWERS)MD's
Specialty is organized around the site of care, mange the care of the hospitalized patients, -
(ANSWERS)Hospitalists
Portal to health care system, focuses on person as a whole, follow patients through course of
treatment - (ANSWERS)Primary Care
Generally follows primary care, more focused and intense, associated with secondary and
tertiary level of services, requires referral from primary care physician - (ANSWERS)Specialty
care
Treat problems related to the gums, tissues or mouth - (ANSWERS)Dentists
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Health services that don't require an overnight stay - (ANSWERS)Outpatient care
%%%%%%
Limited examination and testing
Self-employment = more independence, short duration, - (ANSWERS)Private Practice
Function as the community's safety net, providing primary care to the medically indigent and
uninsured populations - (ANSWERS)Hospital outpatient clinics
Range from basic primary care to urgent care, they are convenient - (ANSWERS)walk in clinics
Can be found in walmart or cvs - (ANSWERS)retail clinics
Offer a wide range of services for basic and acute conditions - (ANSWERS)urgent care centers
Surgery centers that operate independently of hospitals, they usually provide a full range of
services for surgeries that can be performed on a outpatient basis, dont require overnight
hospitalization - (ANSWERS)surgicenters
Health care services that are transported directly to patients and constitute an efficient and
convenient means for providing certain health services, EX: health screening vans -
(ANSWERS)mobile facilities for medical, diagnostic and screening services
Brings expert opinion and advice of health care to a patient, especially when physicians offices
are closed - (ANSWERS)telephone or internet triage
Health care brought to patients in their homes - (ANSWERS)home care
Terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of 6 months or less - (ANSWERS)Hospice Care
Nursing homes, case management, adult day care - (ANSWERS)outpatient long-term care
services
Range of services provided varies by locality, generally health programs are limited in scope,
includes well-baby care, STD clinics, family planning services, TB screening, outpatient mental
health care. States vary in the amount of services offered. - (ANSWERS)public health services
Centers required by law to be located in medically underserved areas and to provide services
to anyone seeking care regardless of ability to pay or insurance. Provides family oriented dental,
preventive and primary care. Serve as a primary care safety net. - (ANSWERS)community health
centers (1960)
1,200 free clinics serve in the U.S AT little to no cost. NOT supported or operated by the
government. Services delivered by trained volunteer staff. - (ANSWERS)Free Clinics
, C425 Wgu Test Update(COMPLETE)
!@#$%%%%%
Complementary and alternative medicine (cam). Complementary intervention %%%%%%
are used with
conventional medical treatments. Alternative interventions are used instead of conventional
medicine. Alternative examples are yoga, prayer, herbal remedies - (ANSWERS)Alternative
medicine clinics
Basic and routine services that include prevention, diagnostic, and therapeutic services, health
education, counseling, minor surgeries. Should be seen as a approach to health care. -
(ANSWERS)Primary care
Short term, consultation from a specialist, includes hospitalization, routine surgery, specialty
consultation, rehab - (ANSWERS)secondary care
Highly specialized, technology driven, mostly rendered in large teaching hospitals. May be long
term. EX: burn treatments, neonatal intensive care, tissue transplants, open heart surgery -
(ANSWERS)Teritary care
Lower hospitalization rates, lower total health care rates, lower rates of self reported poor
health, longer life expectancy - (ANSWERS)Effectiveness of primary care
Issues remain in the coverage of cost, access, and affordability. There is also a shortage of
health care workers. - (ANSWERS)The future of health services delivery
Diagnose abnormalities, prescribe treatment. Must be licensed. - (ANSWERS)PHYSICIANS
Musculoskeletal systems. Stress preventative treatment like diet and exercise. They take a
holistic approach to care. Mostly generalist. - (ANSWERS)DO's
Trained in allopathic medicine. Which views medical treatment as a active intervention to
produce a counteracting reaction in a attempt to neutralize the effects of a disease. Mostly
specialist. - (ANSWERS)MD's
Specialty is organized around the site of care, mange the care of the hospitalized patients, -
(ANSWERS)Hospitalists
Portal to health care system, focuses on person as a whole, follow patients through course of
treatment - (ANSWERS)Primary Care
Generally follows primary care, more focused and intense, associated with secondary and
tertiary level of services, requires referral from primary care physician - (ANSWERS)Specialty
care
Treat problems related to the gums, tissues or mouth - (ANSWERS)Dentists
