Primary care - ACCURATE ANSWERS majority of patient healthcare needs, often the entry point into healthcare, includes screening, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for acute and chronic health problems
Secondary care - ACCURATE ANSWERS generally more specialized care and can include surgery, c...
Primary care - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ majority of patient
healthcare needs, often the entry point into healthcare, includes
screening, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for acute and chronic
health problems
Secondary care - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ generally more
specialized care and can include surgery, cardiology, and other care
provided by specialists
Tertiary care - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ complex, highly specialized
healthcare, often university hospitals, requires sophisticated technology,
multiple specialists and subspecialists, a diagnostic support group and
intensive care facilities. Examples include trauma centers, burn centers,
and neonatal care
Hospitals - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ physical structures that house
patients who are sick or injured. Person may be admitted in one of two
ways: emergency room and evaluated by a team of clinicians- if patient
is sick enough then admitted, and a patient may also be directly admitted
from a physician's office
Rehabilitative facilities or acute rehabilitation hospitals - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ provide care for patients needing comprehensive
,rehabilitation and medical management often associated with stroke,
joint replacement or other serious injury. After surgery or acute illness, a
patient may be too frail to return home and may need to spend time in a
rehabilitation center for specialized speech, physical, and occupational
therapy
Skilled nursing facility - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ provide full
medical care after a hospitalization. Also provide assistance with
activities of daily living, such as meals, personal care, housekeeping,
and laundry, while the patient is recovering. Manage transition of acute
illness or injury to return home, Avg stay in a SNF is greater than 25
days. Provide long-term care for patients needing residential nursing
services for an extended period of time
Long-term acute care hospital - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
specialized hospitals designed for patients who need intensive, hospital-
level care for weeks or months
Adult day care - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ provides meals and
activities during the day
Independent living - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ typically retirement
communities consisting of condominiums or apartments. Residents can
usually purchase added services such as meals or housekeeping
Assisted living - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ separate apartments or
private rooms in a common building where a number of services, such as
, personal care, medication administration, meals, and housekeeping are
provided
Hospice care - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ specialized healthcare
designed to serve patients with a terminal illness. Focuses on
maximizing the quality of life and providing palliative care, including
pain control. Families are typically involved in the hospice care of their
loved ones, and services such as grief counseling and help with
managing patient's final affairs are often provided to them. Hospice care
can be provided in a variety of settings. Hospice programs can involve
both inpatient care as well as hospice care provided in ambulatory
environments, including the home
Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 60%
US surgeries are outpatient. Equipped to handle surgery, pain
management and certain diagnostic procedures that do not require
overnight hospitalization. May be part of a hospital, specialty hospital,
or own facility
ED - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ department of the hospital
responsible for the provision of medical and surgical care to patients
arriving at the hospital in need of immediate care. ED personnel may
respond to certain situations in hospital, such as cardiac arrest. If the
patient is discharged directly from the ED then the episode is considered
an outpatient event. In ED considered observation patient
Outpatient specialty medicine - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Such as
sports medicine and rehabilitation, provided in outpatient settings-
hospital based clinics, physician offices, non-hospital clinic settings
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