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HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS VOCABULARYQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Centers for disease control - ANSWER Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in
population.
Clinic - ANSWER Institution providing care for outpatients examples- surgical clinic, emergency care
clinics, medical centers at colleges. The term also refers to a group of medical or dental doctors who
share a facility with other personnel.
Cost containment - ANSWER Procedures used in health care to control costs or expenses.
Dental office - ANSWER Vary in size from an office privately owned by one or more dentist or dental
clinics that employ a number of dentist.
Diagnostic related groups - ANSWER Are one way congress is trying to control cost for government
insurance insurance plans such as medicare and medicaid. Patients admitted to the hospital with certain
diagnoses are classified in one payment group. A limit is placed on the cost of care and the agency
providing care receives this set amount.
Emergency Care Services - ANSWER Provide special care for accidents or sudden illness. Facilities
providing both private and governmental; rescue squads, emergency care clinics, emergency rooms and
helicopter or airplane emergency services that transport patients rapidly to medical facilities for special
care.
Geriatric Care - ANSWER Care for the elderly.
Health departments - ANSWER Provide health services as directed by the national organizations,
National Institutions of Health and Centers for Disease Control and also provide specific services needed
by the state or local community. Examples of services include immunization for disease control;
inspections for environmental health and sanitation; collection of statistics and records related to health,
health education, and clinics.
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