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Providers - answerpeople or organizations that provide health care (doctors, nurses, clinics, agencies Facilities - answerplaces where care is delivered or administered Payers - answerpeople or organizations paying for healthcare services (insurance companies, govt programs medicaid, medicare, and the individual person needing care) Long-Term Care (LTC) - answerneed 24 hr skilled care Skilled care - answermedically-necessary care given by a skilled nurse or therapist, availabe 24 hrs a day home health care - answercare provided in a persons "clients" home assisted living - answerresidences for people who need some help w/ daily care, such as showers, meals, and dressing dementia - answerserious loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning & communication adult day services - answerfor people who need some assistance and supervision during certain hrs, but who do not live in the facility where care is provided acute care - answer24 hr skilled care given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who require short term, immediate care for illnesses/injuries, short stays for sx subacute care - answerused for people who need less care than for an acute illness but more care than for a chronic illness outpatient care - answergiven for less than 24 hrs, for people who have had tx or sx and need short-term care rehabilitaion - answergiven by specialists, restore/improve function after an illness/injury hospice care - answerfor people who have approximately 6 months or less to live Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) - answerrequire that participants use a PARTICULAR doctor or group of doctors except in case of emergency Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) - answernetwork of providers that contract to provide health services to a group of people managed care - answercost controlling agencies catheters - answerthin tubes inserted into the body to drain fluids or inject fluids policy - answercourse of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs procedure - answer method or way of doing something cite - answer find a problem through a survey Joint Commission - answer independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations , its goal is to improve the safety & quality of care of pts