Chapter 3 Health Care Settings
An elderly patient who has senile dementia requires help with bathing and monitoring use of medications. She does not require 24 hour nursing care. Which level of care would be appropriate for this patient?
Assisted-living
Which of the following government agencies' websites would be referenced to determine the infant mortality rate in the United States from 1998-2004
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Mary Jones: this 82-year-old woman suffers an injury to the leg in a car accident. to which of the following health care settings should the ambulance take Ms. Jones?
Emergency Department of a Local Hospital
Acute care is provided in hospitals that provide specialized long-term acute care such as chemotherapy, injury rehabilitation, ventilator (breathing machine) support, wound care, and other types of health services provided to seriously ill patients.
False
CMS provides necessary medical, dental and mental health services to inmates by a professional staff and consistent with acceptable community of standards.
False
A patient needing an MRI of the spine would be referred to which of the following freestanding facilities?
Imaging center
The emergency room physician makes the diagnosis of "left hip fracture" and calls the orthopedic surgeon. The orthopedic surgeon admits the patient, Ms. Jones, to the hospital for an open reduction with internal fixation of a hip fracture. Which classification should be used for this patient?
Inpatient
Which long-term care service type is defined in Medicare law as a hospital that has an average inpatient length of stay greater than 25 days?
Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH)
What organization has 17 separate institutes and is the world's premier medical research organization that supports some 35,000 research projects nationwide?
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The hip fracture is repaired, but the patient needs ongoing care and physical therapy. The physician documents that the patient needs extensive rehabilitation services (OT and PT) for at least two more weeks. Ms. Jones is moved to another hospital unit that specializes in rehabilitation post-surgical care. Which classification describes this patient's category of care?
Subacute care
The goal of hospice is palliative care which is comfort management.
True
A patient that has a myocardial infarction and requires a coronary artery by pass would be classified as a
inpatient
Which type of behavioral health service would be appropriate for a patient who is being treated for chronic depression, anxiety and paranoia that requires daily supervision but not intensive daily treatment?
therapeutic group home
