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Ch 2 health sci rev
| Term | Answer |
|---|---|
| Employment opportunities | Employs over 17 million workers in over 200 careers |
| Growth | One of the largest and fastest growing industries in the U.S. |
| Residential care | Provide basic physical and emotional care to individuals who can no longer care for themselves |
| Employment opportunities | Employs over 17 million workers in over 200 careers |
| independent/assisted living | Allows individuals who can care for themselves to rent or purchase an apartment in the facility. |
| Residential care | Provides basic physical and emotional care to individuals who can no longer care for themselves |
| Clinics | Surgical, urgent, rehabilitation, outpatient, health department |
| Extended care | Provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitative care to prepare patients or residents for return to home environments |
| Medical offices | Diagnosis, treatment, examination, basic laboratory testing, and minor surgery |
| Dental offices | General care for all ages or specialized care offered to certain ages or for certain dental conditions |
| Hospice | Provides care for terminally ill persons who usually have life expectancies of 6 months or less |
| Optical centers | Provide vision examinations, prescribe eyeglasses or contact lenses, and check for the presence of eye diseases |
| Laboraties | Special diagnostic tests such as blood or urine, dental labs can prepare dentures and other devices |
| Home health care | Provides care in a patient's home such as nursing care, personal care, and therapy |
| emergency care services | Provides special care for victims of accidents or sudden illness |
| Rehabilitation facilities | Provides care to help patients with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self-care and function |
| Mental health care facilities | Treats patients with mental disorders and diseases; psychiatric clinics, chemical abuse centers, physical abuse treatment centers |
| Concierge medicine | Personalized health care in exchange for an annual or monthly fee, an enhanced level of care is provided by a primary care physician |
| Pharmaceutical services | Prepares and dispenses medications and provides expertise on drug therapy |
| Industrial health care | Found in large companies or industries; provide health care for employees of the industry or business |
| Genetic counseling centers | Works with couples or individuals who are pregnant or considering pregnancy |
| School services | Found in schools and colleges; provide emergency care for victims of accidents and sudden illness; perform tests to check speech, hearing, and vision |
| Health maintenance | Health care delivery system and a type of insurance; provide total care directed toward preventative health care for a fee that is usually fixed and prepaid |
| Health departments | Provide health services as directed by the USDHHS |
| U.S. department of health and human services (USDHHS) | Deals with the health problems in the United States |
| World health organization (WHO) | Compiles statistics and information on disease, publishes health information, and investigates and addresses serious health problems throughout the world |
| Agency for health care policy and research | Researches the quality of health care delivery |
| Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) | Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries and illnesses |
| National institutes of health (NIH) | Involved in the research on disease |
| Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) | Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations |
| Food and drug administration (FDA) | Responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public |
| Deductible | Amounts that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay |
| Premium | Fee an individual pays for insurance coverage |
| Co-insurance | Specific percentages of expenses are shared by the patient and insurance company |
| Co-payment | Specific amount of money a patient pays for a particular service |
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