Chapter 1: Understanding Healthcare Settings

Which of the following healthcare settings is generally for people who will die in six months or less?

• Hospice care

• Long-term care

• Outpatient care

• Acute care

Which of the following statements is true of long-term care?

• People with terminal illnesses do not live in long-term care facilities.

• Most people in long-term care facilities have chronic conditions.

• People who live in long-term care facilities are never able to return home.

• Long-term care takes place in a person’s home.

Where is long-term care offered?

• Adult day services facilities

• Hospitals

• Skilled nursing facilities

• Ambulatory surgical centers

________ is care given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury.

• Subacute care

• Acute care

• Adult day services

• Rehabilitation

The abbreviation HMO means

• Home maintenance organization

• Health management organization

• Health maintenance organization

• Home medical organization

The group with the longest average stay in long-term care facilities is

• Men

• Developmentally disabled residents

• Caregivers

• Residents with heart disease

Which of the following statements is true of acute care?

• Acute care is normally given in adult day services facilities.

• One advantage of acute care is people do not have to leave their homes to receive it.

• Acute care is given to people who do not have a serious illness.

• Acute care is given in hospitals for people who require immediate care.

A ______ is a method or way of doing something.

• Policy

• Procedure

• Survey

• Cite

Medicare will pay for

• All care requested by the recipient

• All care requested by the doctor

• All care requested by the long-term care facility

• Only care that it determines to be medically necessary

______ is a medical assistance program for low-income people.

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• CMS

• OSHA