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PBHL
Module 1
Question | Answer |
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Hill burton act of 1946 | post WWII- provided funding for hospitals and health providers in rural areas |
community hospital | usually a not for profit hospital that is developed and operated in a community |
Free- Standing hospital | hospital unafflliated with any other hospital system |
not-for- profit hospital | Structured as a 501 C where the profits from the organization are reinvested in the organization under IRS code |
public hospital | a government supported hospital at the federal state and local level |
Teaching hospital | ab tertiary< hospital w/ AHC that participates in on site training of physicians |
sole community hospital | the ONLY general hospital ACUTE care hospital available in a service area |
syndicated hospital | a for- profit hospital that has physicians as investors/ owners |
Hospital system | an organization of a number of hospitals into a system that provides direction and administrative services from a central office |
Critical Access Hospitals CAHS | rural hospitals that meet certain eligibility requirements to receive cost based MEDiCARE rein burstment |
3 central lines of authority for hospital organization | 1)medical staff 2) board of directors 3)administration |
specialty hospital | provide services targeted torwards specific disease |
Dish proportionate share hospital payments DSH | A federal and state program that provides additional funding to hospitals that treat a higher percentage of medicare/caid patients |
Capitation | a payment system used in managed care in which the provider is paid a fixed amount of a regular basis for the provision of all covered benefits of the uninsured |
Health maintenance organization HMO | an umbrella term for an organization that delivers and manages and delivers services under a risk based arrangement |
Health promotion | education and other supportive services that guide individuals to a healthier life style |
managed care | an umbrella term for a variety of health plans that finance and deliver on some level |
primary care | basic or general care |
primary disease prevention | the intervention that reduces the risk of dev. a disease or disorder |
secondary disease prevention | an intervention that slows the progress of a disease/ disorder |
tertiary disease prevention | may or maynot slow the process but may improve the condition |
Health protection | emphasizes the health of a population in the areas of OSHA |