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Dr. who specializes in nervous system.
neurologist
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Dr. specializes in cancer.
oncologist
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Dr. specializes in care of eyes.
ophthalmologist
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Dr. who specializes in adjustments of teeth to improve bite and jaw alignment.
orthodontist
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Dr. who specializes in skeletal deformities or injuries.
orthopedist
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Dr. who specializes in primary care for children.
pediatrician
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Dr. who specializes in mental health.
psychiatrist
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Dr. who specializes in urinary tract problems.
urologist
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Actions that prevent the onset of disease or injury
preventive care
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_________ requires the patient to stay at the facility overnight and is provided for patients with a serious injury or illness.
inpatient care
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________ allows the patient to be treated and then return home.
outpatient care
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List 6 health care facilities:
- Private practice - work for themselves - usually outpatient basis
- Clinics - outpatient care in a community clinic
- Group practices - several share office, equipment, and so on
- Hospitals - offer inpatient and outpatient care
- Emergency rooms - potentially life-threating illnesses or injuries
- Urgent care centers - emergencies that aren't life threatening
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A plan in which private companies or government programs pay for part or all of a person's medical costs.
health insurance
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Fee that you pay an insurance company so that you will be insured.
premium
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Payment that the patient must pay for.
out-of-pocket expense
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Amount that a patient must pay in out-of-pocket expenses before the plan will start reimbursing for health care services.
deductible
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Another name for insurance plans.
managed care plans
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Managed Care Plans emphasize _______ care and offer (increased or reduced) physician charges.
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Name the 3 Managed Care Plans.
- Health Maintenance Orgnizations (HMOs)
- Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)
- Point of Service (POS) plans
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Homelike setting where family members can be involved in the birth of a baby.
birthing center
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Facilities that treat people with drug and alcohol problems.
drup treatment centers
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Facility that provides short- and long-term care for people who need help with daily chores.
continuing care and assisted living facitilties
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Facilties who provide care for terminally ill people.
hospices
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The practice of medicine over distance through the use of telecommunications equipment.
telemedicine
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Complete and comprehensive informationabout your immunications and any health problems you have had to date.
medical history
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Most health care provides request a ______ ______ from their first-time patients.
medical history
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List 3 patient skills to have when visting a doctor.
- 1. Write down you problem.
- 2. Ask questions while in Dr.s office about medications, diagnoses, or procedures.
- 3. Inform staff of allergies you have or medications you are taking.
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Deliberate deceit or trickery.
fraud
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The sale of worthless products or services that claim to prevent diseases or cure other health problems.
health fraud
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Two products susceptible to health fraud.
- 1. Weight-loss products (the ones that say you will be skinny overnight)
- 2. Beauty and anti-aging products (some work temporarily - need to be approved by the Food and Drup Administration (FDA).
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Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards.
Example: Cut off the wrong leg.
malpractice
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List the 3 groups you go to for consumer help.
- 1. Business organiations
- 2. Consumer advocates
- 3. Local, state,and federal government agencies
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Name a Business organization that a consumer can seek help from.
- Better Business Bureau (BBB)
- helps with compaints against local merchants
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These are people or groups whose sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues.
Consumer advocates
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List some of the Local, state, and federal government agencies where consumers can go for help.
- *Federal Trade Commision
- *The Food and Drug Administration
- *The Consumer Product Safety commission
- *Small claims courts
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What agency works to prevent false or deciptive advertising.
The Federal Trade Commission
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What agency ensures that medicines are safe, effective, and properly labeled.
The Food and Drug Administration
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What agency protects consumers against harmful products and can recal dangerous ones.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission
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What agency handles legal disputes involving amounts of money below a certain limit.
Small Claims Courts
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