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Medicare
65+ The use of technology without cost considerations, especially when the benefits to
be derived from the use of technology are small compared to the costs
medicaid
A joint federal-state program of health insurance for the poor.
These two are safety nets
Acute
The condition that is relatively severe, episodic (of short duration), and often treatable
and subject to recovery
Chronic
A condition that persists over time and is not severe, but is generally irreversible
Epidemic
Epidemic- An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads rapidly and affects many
individuals within a population
Pandemic
Relating to the spread of disease in a large segment of the population
Primary Protection
In a strict epidemiologic sense, the prevention of disease—for example, health
education, immunization, and environmental control measures.
Secondary Protection
Efforts to detect disease in early stages so as to provide a more effective treatment—for
example, screening and periodic health examinations. The main objective is to block the
progression of a disease or an injury, that is, to keep it from developing into an
impairment or disability.
Tirccinary Protection
Interventions to prevent complications from chronic conditions and avoid further illness,
injury, or disability
Rationing
to spread our resources and supplies to make them last
1 person in the ICU is....
$1.8 million
Demand is...
what you want to have
Need is...
what you should have
Activities of Daily Living (ADL's)
walking, eating, bathing
Instrumental Daily Living (IDL's)
going to school, going to work
Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; nicknamed Obamacare.
Medicare
65+ The use of technology without cost considerations, especially when the benefits to
be derived from the use of technology are small compared to the costs
medicaid
A joint federal-state program of health insurance for the poor.
These two are safety nets
Acute
The condition that is relatively severe, episodic (of short duration), and often treatable
and subject to recovery
Chronic
A condition that persists over time and is not severe, but is generally irreversible
Epidemic
Epidemic- An outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads rapidly and affects many
individuals within a population
Pandemic
Relating to the spread of disease in a large segment of the population
Primary Protection
In a strict epidemiologic sense, the prevention of disease—for example, health
education, immunization, and environmental control measures.
Secondary Protection
Efforts to detect disease in early stages so as to provide a more effective treatment—for
example, screening and periodic health examinations. The main objective is to block the
progression of a disease or an injury, that is, to keep it from developing into an
impairment or disability.
Tirccinary Protection
Interventions to prevent complications from chronic conditions and avoid further illness,
injury, or disability
Rationing
to spread our resources and supplies to make them last
1 person in the ICU is....
$1.8 million
Demand is...
what you want to have
Need is...
what you should have
Activities of Daily Living (ADL's)
walking, eating, bathing
Instrumental Daily Living (IDL's)
going to school, going to work
Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; nicknamed Obamacare.
