National Health System - Answers -Government manages the infrastructure
-Gov operated med institutes
-Providers are Gov Employees
Defensive Medicine - Answers prescribe diagnostic tests, return checkups, documentation
Activities of Daily Living (7) - Answers feeding
bathing
dressing
using the toilet
transferring
grooming
walking eight feet
Health Determinants - Answers FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AN INDIVIDUAL & POPULATIONS HEALTH
-Socioeconomic and political context
-Governance
-Policy
-Social/Cultural Norms
Mortality - Answers Death Rate
Cost-Shifting - Answers occurs when a hospital or other health-care provider charges an insured patient
more than it does an uninsured patient for the same procedure or service.
Those with health insurance, in effect, pay for the financial loss hospitals incur when they provide
services to those without insurance.
CON - Answers -Certificate of needs
-laws required state approval before acquiring major equipment, or before new construction or
modernization
-discontinued in 1986
, Maldistribution - Answers Faulty distribution or apportionment, as of resources, over an area or among
a group.
Efficacy - Answers health benefit from the use of technology
Decision Support System - Answers Support managerial and clinical decision making
DME - Answers -Durable Medical Equipment
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Diffusion - Answers -Spread of technology into society
Holistic Health - Answers Focuses on the whole person and how he or she interacts with his or her
environment.
It emphasizes the connection of mind, body, and spirit.
Moral Hazard - Answers When a party gets involved in a risky event.. knowing that it is protected against
the risk and the other party will incur the cost. (protected against risk, INSURANCE)
Case Mix - Answers -collective severity of conditions
-Determined through a comprehensive assessment
Morbidity - Answers Disease or disability
Social Justice - Answers the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and
opportunities.
Employer Mandate - Answers a requirement that all businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent
employees (FTE) provide health insurance to at least 95% of their full-time employees and dependents
up to age 26, or pay a fee by 2016.
Bundled Payments - Answers -A number of related services in one price
-Reduces provider-induced demand because fees are inclusive of all bundled services
-There is evidence that prospectively set bundled fees reduce health care spending without
compromising quality of care