Know the 3 main factors we consider when evaluating a health care system: _____, _____, and _____ -
correct answer ✔✔access, quality, and cost
The most well known types of hospitals: - correct answer ✔✔general
What kind of facility focuses solely on a single specialty, such as cardiology, oncology, or women's
medicine? Children's and psychiatric hospitals also fit into this category. - correct answer ✔✔Specialty
Provide 24 hour nursing care and assistance with daily living. Residents include elderly as well as younger
patients with permanent or temporary disabilities. - correct answer ✔✔Skilled Nursing Facilities (nursing
homes)
These serve patients who need intensive, hospital-level care for weeks or months. - correct answer
✔✔Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
Care for patients who require comprehensive rehabilitation along with medical management. Patients
typically enter these facilities after a stroke, serious fractures, or joint replacement surgeries. - correct
answer ✔✔Impatient Rehab Facilities
A patient who got admitted for at least one night - correct answer ✔✔inpatient
Patient is examined, diagnosed, or treated at a medical facility but doesn't stay overnight - correct
answer ✔✔Outpatient
An outpatient clinic owned and operated by the health care professionals who practice there - correct
answer ✔✔Private Practice
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