Healthcare Systems 4

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For individuals over 65 years of age?

Medicare
Trying to control the rising cost of health care?

Cost containment
For low income, disabled, over or under 65 years old?

Medicaid
Preferred Provider Organizations?

PPO
For workers injured on the job?

Worker's compensation
Health Maintenance Organizations?

HMO
Care of the elderly?

Geriatric care
Amount which must be paid by the patient?

Deductible
Providing care in the home?

Home health care
Payment made to the insurance company?

Premium
What are the 4 types of hospitals?
- Non- profit
- Government
- Private
- Religious
How do non- profit or voluntary agencies recieve their funding?

Contributions
What are the 2 duties of school health services?
- Promote health education
- First aid
What 3 services offered by a medical clinic?
- Basic laboratory tests
- Emergency care
- Minor surgery
What is the major type of health care facility?

Hospitals
Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries?
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- OSHA
A federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public?
- Food and Drug Administration
- FDA
Complies statistics and information on disease, publishes health information, investigates and addressses serious health problems?
- World Health Organization
- WHO
Involved with research on disease?
- National Institutes of Health
- NIH
Concerned with causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations?
- Center of Disease Control
- CDC