CORRECT.
Public hospitals Answer - Funded by federal, state, or local government
Ex: UConn Health Center (John Dempsey Hospital)
Community hospitals Answer - Privately owned (don't really exist anymore,
bought by larger companies)
For profit hospitals Answer - Focus is on financial gain, not necessarily service
Federal hospitals Answer - Don't serve general public (ex: VA)
What are the two big hospital organizations here? Answer - Hartford
Healthcare and Yale New Haven
JCAHO Answer - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations
Shows up to assess hospitals
What is outpatient care? Answer - Services that do not require an overnight
stay
, What are the four categories of ambulatory care? Answer - 1) Wellness
(primary care physician)
2) Diagnosis (x ray, mri, bloodwork)
3) Treatment (same day surgeries, chemo, dialysis)
4) Rehabilitation (OT, PT)
Ambulatory care is Answer - Outpatient care
Hospitals in ED Answer - Outpatient, as are outpatient clinics
What covers hospital stays and related costs for 65 and older? Answer -
Medicare Part A
What does Medicare Part A not cover? Answer - Cost of care due to errors
such as:
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Blood stream infections
Other health services to know Answer - Respite care, hospice, palliative care
Respite care Answer - For the caregiver