Health Care Systems | Description | Examples |
Hospitals | vary in size and type of services provided, classified based on source of income | types: private, propriety (for profit), religious, nonprofit/voluntary, government, specialty |
Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC or LTCF) | nursing or geritic homes, skilled care, provide long term care to ederly with chronic/long term illness, independent, assisted living (individual can care for self, but may need some help) | Nursing Homes |
Medical Offices | private or individually owned | services may include: treatment, exam, dx, labtests and minor surgery |
Dental Offices | (blank) | (blank) |
Clinics | group of MDs or dentists who share facility and personnel | (blank) |
Optical Centers | (blank) | (blank) |
Emergency Care Services | life threatening or sudden illness | (blank) |
Laboratories | preform diagnostic procedures, operate alone or as a separate service | (blank) |
Home Health Care | provice service in the home | PT, OT, nursing, speech therapy |
Hospice Agencies | provide care for terminally ill in home or another facility (6 months or less) Governemnt Fund | can give pain medicine, pay for needed ,medicine |
Mental Helth Facilities | treatment of mental disorders, chemical abuse treatment | Britney Spears |
Rehabilitations Facilities | provide care to assist with physical/mental disabilities | goal=obtain maximum self-care and function |
Health Maintenence Organization (HMOs) | focus on PREVENTIVE health care, use other HCF to provide care, have to use HMO providers, early detection | (blank) |
Industrial Health Care Centers or Occupationsl Health Clinics | found in large industries | (blank) |
School Health Services | (blank) | School Nurse |
State and Local Departments | provide immunizations, health/trave infortmation, food inspectons | (blank) |
US of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) | National agency that deals with US health problems | (blank) |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | involved in research on diesease | (blank) |
Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) | federal agency responsible for regulation food/drug products | (blank) |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | concerned with the casue.spread of disease in populations | (blank) |
State and Country Health Departments | (blank) | (blank) |
OSHA (Occupational Sfatey and Health Administration) | establish and enforce standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses, set regulations and enforce rules | (blank) |