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In studying a moderate-sized city in Oregon from , you find a decrease in the incidence of heart disease and an increase in average lifespan. This is probably due to: - Answers-Greater availability of primary care physicians If you needed a surgery that was not complex and would allow you to be cared for by family, what kind of outpatient facilities might you look into? - Answers-Freestanding facilities

Construction & operations of a hospital are governed by: - Answers--Federal laws -State health department's regulations -City ordinances -The Joint Commission (TJC) (The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization or JCAHO) -Fire Codes -Sanitation "Medical Center" - Answers--A hospiital that has achieved specialization & offers a wide scope of services -Medical centers often engage in teaching & research -Remember, hospitals consume the biggest share of nation...

Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) - Answers-Organizations that provide health care based on prepaid group insurance. Patients pay a fixed yearly fee in exchange for a full range of health care services, including hospital care as well as doctor's services. Retrospective reimbursement - Answers-A system in which insured individuals first receive care from health care providers and pay their bills, and then their insurance provider reimburses them for all or part of these costs.

Critique the gatekeeping role of primary care. - Answers--If primary care physicians approve referrals to specialists too freely, specialists may complain about referrals for conditions that they think the primary care provider should have managed alone -Patients may believe their physicians are denying them necessary care

What does a lack of insurance typically result in? (Why Care about Access to Care) - Answers-1. sicker more often, die sooner (about 25% increased mortality) 2. receive too little care, too late 3. receive poorer care in the hospital *Insurance KEY to increase: access to continuous care, higher quality care; access to usual provider; availability of preventive services

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When two or more interrelated conditions are present that qualify for principal diagnosis, either may be listed first. - Answers-true Possible diabetes mellitus would be reported using the code for diabetes mellitus in the physician setting. - Answers-false The patient is admitted to the observation unit of the hospital for chest pain. The next day he is admitted to the inpatient floor because of worsening of symptoms and a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. The principal diagnosis ...