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health care quiz 2
chapters 7,8,9 and 10
Question | Answer |
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Community Hospital | - nonfederal - short stay - general public - most hospitals (85%) |
Public Hospital | - government owned - not all serve general public - VA and military |
Voluntary Hospital | - private nonprofit - churches and philanthropic - most community hospitals |
Proprietary Hospital | - private for-profit/ - benefit the owners |
General Hospital | - most hospitals - general and specific |
Specialty Hospital | - certain type of care - ex childrens hospital |
Rural Hospital | - located outside metropolitan statistical area - many close |
Teaching Hospital | - offers graduate residency programs - train future physicians |
Clinical palliation | Relief from unpleasant symptoms such as pain or nausea |
The main goal of LTC | maintain functional independence |
Primary goal of preventive long term care services | prevent or delay institutionalization |
main source of payment for nursing home care | Medicaid |