Deck 3: Types of Health-Care Facilities

Question 1

Hospitals were established in the _____ century.

A) 16th
B) 17th
C) 18th
D) 19th

Answer 1

18th

Question 2

These types of hospitals are operated like any other business.

A) Community
B) Government
C) Rural
D) For-profit

Answer 2

For-profit

Question 3

These types of hospitals do not pay state, local property, or federal income tax.

A) Not-for-profit
B) For-profit
C) Private
D) Community

Answer 3

Not-for-profit

Question 4

Not-for-profit hospitals are governed by a _____.

A) President
B) Medical director
C) Board of trustees
D) Administrator

Question 5

The most common types of hospitals are _____.

A) Private
B) Community
C) Government
D) Specialty

Question 6

These types of hospitals are meant to meet the acute-care needs of the local population.

A) Community
B) Private
C) Not-for-profit
D) For-profit

Question 7

Hospitals that treat all patients regardless of payment source and are thought of as charity hospitals are ____ hospitals.

A) Not-for-profit
B) Public
C) Community
D) Rural

Question 8

Public hospitals depend on money from _____.

A) Medicare only
B) Medicaid only
C) Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance
D) Medicare and private payers

Question 9

_____ hospitals are known as district hospitals because they are located in smaller areas and have less than 100 beds.

A) Rural
B) Community
C) Teaching
D) For-profit

Question 10

_____ hospitals are affiliated with a medical school.

A) Community
B) Specialty
C) Teaching
D) Rural

Question 11

Freestanding ambulatory care centers are located _____.

A) In the hospital
B) In small cities only
C) In emergency rooms
D) Away from the hospital

Question 12

The first freestanding ambulatory surgical center (ASC) was established in _____.

A) Florida
B) Tennessee
C) Illinois
D) Arizona

Question 13

ASCs became popular because of their _____.

A) Costs, convenience, and comfort
B) Location and resources
C) Quality care, costs, and location
D) Specialties, resources, and hours

Question 14

_____ are a type of freestanding ambulatory care center not affiliated with hospitals.

A) Outpatient clinics
B) Urgent care centers
C) Operating rooms
D) Dialysis units

Question 15

Before the 1930s, the disabled or elderly lived in _____ when medical care was needed.

A) Nursing homes
B) Hotels
C) Hospices
D) Almshouses

Question 16

Assisted-living facilities are not required to have a _____ on staff.

A) Nurse
B) Medical technician
C) Activity director
D) Administrator

Question 17

_____ are generally small operations but make up about 20% of health-care organizations.

A) Home health offices
B) Ambulatory care centers
C) Dental offices
D) Dialysis units

Question 18

Home health workers provide the following types of services: _____.

A) Suturing and removal
B) Dressing changes and medication refills
C) Mammograms and pap smears
D) Chest x-rays

Question 19

____ are generally small in their number of employees and structure size.

A) Medical and diagnostic laboratories
B) Dialysis units
C) Surgical centers
D) Nursing homes

Question 20

_____ provide care for the terminally ill.

A) Ambulatory care centers
B) Hospices
C) Freestanding outpatient centers
D) Assisted-living facilities