Hosptial Systems Vocab

Question 1

Residential care facilities

Answer 1

Residential care facilities provide around-the-clock social and personal care to the elderly, children, and others who cannot take care of themselves. Examples of residential care facilities are drug rehabilitation centers, group homes, and assisted-living facilities

Question 2

BLS

Answer 2

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System

Question 3

PhRMA

Answer 3

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents pharmaceutical industry.

Question 4

NCHS

Answer 4

(National Center for Health Statistics)
- produces an annual reports on the health status of the United States

Question 5

Professional Associations

Answer 5

usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organizations engaged in that profession, and the public interest.

Question 6

AHCA

Answer 6

(American Health Care Association)

member-ship organization that represents nonprofit and for-profit nursing and assisted-living facilities, subacute-care providers, and facilities for devel-opmentally disabled individuals. Their focus is to monitor and improve standards of nursing home facilities

Question 7

AHA

Answer 7

(American hospital association)
member-ship organization, provides education and lobbies for hospital representation in the political process at all governmental level

Question 8

Duty to treat

Answer 8

created when a physician agrees to treat a patient who has requested his or her services

Question 9

Home healthcare services

Answer 9

offer medical care in the home, are provided primarily to elderly, chron-ically ill, or mentally impaired individuals.

Question 10

Per capita

Answer 10

the average cost per person to different payers for various health care services

Question 11

Life expectancy rates

Answer 11

indication of the health of a designated population

Question 12

Generic drugs

Answer 12

A generic drug, which does not have name recognition, is a less costly alternative to a brand name drug.

The generic drug manufacturer must provide the same active ingredients as the brand name drugs; however, the manufacturing process isless costly to makers of generic drugs because theydo not have to file for a patent.

Question 13

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Answer 13

measures the monetary value of final goods and services—that is, those that are bought by the final user—produced in a country in a given period of time

measurement that seeks to capture a country’s economic output

Health care expentiures comprise approx. 17.5% of GDP.

Question 14

Hospitals

Answer 14

provide total medical care, ranging from diagnostics to surgery and continuous nursing (traditionally inpatient but some are outpatient). Some have specializations such as cancer, children’s care, or mental health.

Question 15

Long-term care facilities

Answer 15

They provide a variety of services that are both medical and personal care for people who are unable to live independently

Question 16

Medical offices

Answer 16

They are buildings for people with physical health or mental health. This place is used for the purpose of consultation, counseling, diagnosis and treatment for patients.

Question 17

Dental offices

Answer 17

A building that is owned and runned by a dental professional

Question 18

Clinics or satellite centers

Answer 18

A satellite facility is an ER near me or is part of a hospital but not connected to the hospital.

Question 19

Optical centers

Answer 19

A building that is owned and operated by people that specialize in the eye.

Question 20

Emergency care services

Answer 20

they covered inpatient and outpatient services that are needed to evaluate or stabilize an emergency medical condition

Question 21

Hospice

Answer 21

long term care for terminally ill patients

Question 22

Home health care

Answer 22

Home healthcare services, which offer Medical care in the home, are provided primarily to elderly, chron-ically ill, or mentally impaired individuals.

Question 23

Mental health facilities

Answer 23

Also known as a psychiatric hospital, it is a facility that provides special care for people with mental health conditions

Question 24

Rehabilitation facilities

Answer 24

these facilities are for people that might have used drugs, and for care that helps you get back, keep, or improve abilities that you need.