Deck 3: Health Care Settings

Question 1

A neighborhood health clinic is usually a hospital-based outpatient department.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Internal medicine physicians specialize in the care of infants and children.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

An imaging center is a freestanding facility that provides radiographic, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron-emission tomography (PET) services to ambulatory patients.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Internal medicine physicians provide care for the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics.

Question 5

Family support services assist families in caring for patients.

Question 6

Personal care services would include insertion of catheters and assessment and monitoring of illnesses.

Question 7

Most hospice care is provided in a facility and families are involved in the care of the patient.

Question 8

Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems and are admitted to the hospital as inpatients.

Question 9

Ancillary services are diagnostic, and therapeutic services provided to inpatients and outpatients.

Question 10

Ambulatory patient is another name for outpatient.

Question 11

The hospital bed count is the total number of patients admitted in a given day.

Question 12

Specialty hospitals concentrate on many types of patients and have the highest level of medical specialists on staff.

Question 13

Rehabilitation facilities provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy to patients with orthopedic injuries, work-related injuries, and various neurological and neuromuscular conditions.

Question 14

The Veterans Health Administration administers health care for active members of the uniformed services.

Question 15

Public health departments provide preventative services, which include immunizations and routine checkups.

Question 16

Satellite clinics provide services to communities that would otherwise not have access to health care services.

Question 17

Diagnosis-related groups classify outpatient cases into groups that consume similar resources.

Question 18

John Jones was in a motor vehicle accident and needs to learn how to walk because of injuries. He would most likely be admitted to a rehabilitation hospital.

Question 19

Respite care is care provided by specially-trained individuals at a setting other than the patient's home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers.

Question 20

A behavioral health care day treatment program provides short-term crisis intervention and treatment.

Question 21

The National Commission on Correctional Health Care establishes standards that cover the following except

A) facility governance and administration.
B) health care services support.
C) health records.
D) inmate visitation schedule.

Question 22

The goal of hospice is palliative rather than curative.

Question 23

The Food and Drug Administration provides a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent the outbreak of diseases.

Question 24

The abbreviation CCRC means "continuing care retirement community."

Question 25

The United States Public Health Agency responsible for providing services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent is called the

A) Administration for Children and Families.
B) Administration on Aging.
C) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
D) Health Resources and Services Administration.

Question 26

The administration of intravenous chemical agents that have specific and toxic effects upon a disease-causing cell or organism is

A) chemotherapy.
B) drug therapy.
C) hydration therapy.
D) pain management.

Question 27

A hospital that provides emergency care, performs surgery, and admits patients for a range of problems is a ____ hospital.

A) behavioral health
B) general
C) specialty
D) rehabilitation

Question 28

A family of a 45-year-old Down syndrome patient is seeking assistance with the management of care for the family member. Assistance would be available at a

A) crisis center.
B) day treatment program.
C) developmentally disabled/mentally retarded facility.
D) skilled nursing facility.

Question 29

Crisis services consist of a team of specially trained staff who visit patients in their homes.

Question 30

In a partial hospitalization program, patients use the facility for a substantial number of either day-time or night-time hours.

Question 31

Skilled care services include assessment of illnesses, insertion of catheters, and wound care.

Question 32

The agency known as the premier medical research organization in the United States that supports research projects nationwide is called the

A) Health Resources and Services Administration.
B) National Institutes of Health.
C) Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
D) Program Support Center.

Question 33

A candidate for hospice care would be a patient who

A) was diagnosed with cancer.
B) has a nonhealing fracture.
C) is a postsurgical patient.
D) manages his high blood pressure at home.

Question 34

Respite care offers relief and rest to primary caregivers of patients.

Question 35

Crisis services provide 24-hour-a-day supervision of patients for a short-term period for crisis intervention and treatment.

Question 36

Patients that undergo procedures that can be performed on an outpatient basis are categorized as

A) ambulatory patients.
B) ambulatory surgery patients.
C) clinic outpatients.
D) observation patients.

Question 37

A short-term hospital has an average length of stay of 10 to 15 days.

Question 38

Which is a freestanding facility that provides radiographic services such as MRI and PET?

A) Clinical center
B) Clinical laboratory
C) Imaging center
D) Satellite clinic

Question 39

The Military Health System (MHS) administers health care for active members of the uniformed services.

Question 40

The agency that oversees the nation's organ transplantation system and works to decrease infant mortality and improve child health is called the

A) Administration for Children and Families.
B) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
C) Health Resources and Services Administration.
D) Program Support Center.

Question 41

Medicare will reimburse subacute care facilities if the care provided is ____________________ and medically necessary.

Question 42

Which of the following agencies supports a nationwide aging network to provide services to the elderly to enable them to remain independent?

A) AMA
B) AoA
C) CDC
D) CMS

Question 43

Ambulatory surgery, also called _________________________ or _________________________, is elective surgery that is performed on patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day.

Question 44

A physician practice in which the physician does not have a partner or employment affiliations with other practice organizations is a ______________________________.

Question 45

Wound care and the assessment and monitoring of illnesses are ____________________ care services.

Question 46

The primary function of hospitals is to provide _________________________, nursing, and other health-related services to patients for surgical and _________________________ conditions.

Question 47

Critical access hospitals (CAHs) are located at a distance of ____ miles from any hospital or another CAH.

A) 20
B) 30
C) 35
D) 50

Question 48

Inpatients admitted to critical access hospitals are restricted to stays of ____ hours.

A) 24
B) 48
C) 72
D) 96

Question 49

A patient who receives diagnostic or therapeutic care in an outpatient department because such care is unavailable in a primary care provider's office is a(n)

A) ancillary outpatient.
B) clinic outpatient.
C) day patient.
D) referred outpatient.

Question 50

The behavioral health _________________________ ranges from health care settings that are least restrictive, such as outpatient services, to most restrictive, such as inpatient hospitalization.

Question 51

Ambulatory care allows patients to receive care in one day; care is provided in either a _________________________ or _________________________ facility.

Question 52

Define long-term care, and list the range of services that are provided by long-term care facilities.

Question 53

A hospital that provides health care services to patients who have serious, sudden, or acute illnesses or injuries or need surgeries is a(n) ____ facility.

A) acute care
B) ancillary service
C) long-term care
D) rehabilitation

Question 54

Which of the following agencies supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective services?

A) ACF
B) AoA
C) AHRQ
D) CDC

Question 55

Health care is provided in ______________________________ to economically disadvantaged patients; treatment is family centered.

Question 56

A long-term care facility that provides medically necessary care to inpatients on a daily basis that is performed, by, or under the supervision of, skilled medical personnel is known as a(n)

A) assisted-living facility.
B) long-term care hospital.
C) intermediate care facility.
D) skilled nursing facility.

Question 57

Subacute care costs ____________________ than acute care.

Question 58

The organization that continues to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services is the

A) FDA.
B) IHS.
C) NIH.
D) SAMHSA.

Question 59

List and define the types of infusion therapy.

Question 60

A referred outpatient receives diagnostic or therapeutic services in an outpatient department. The follow-up care for these services is done at the ______________________________.

Question 61

Explain the difference between the Military Health System (MHS) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Question 62

Describe the purpose of the Food and Drug Administration.

Question 63

Explain how the Medicare law defines a long-term care hospital.

Question 64

Explain the term durable medical equipment, and give three examples.

Question 65

Explain the goal of hospice care.

Question 66

Describe the difference between licensure and federal certification.

Question 67

Describe the impact of the prospective payment system on the length of stay in inpatient facilities and on the utilization of other levels of care.

Question 68

Explain the purpose of residential care facilities.