Deck 6: Inpatient and Outpatient Services

Question 1

Proprietary hospitals or investor-owned hospitals are for profit institutions and are owned by corporations, individuals or partnerships.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Teaching hospitals have one or more graduate medical resident programs approved by the American Hospital Association.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A short stay or acute care hospital focuses on patients who stay on an average of less than 30 days.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Voluntary hospitals are non government owned, private and not for profit. They are considered "voluntary" because their financial support is the result of community organizational efforts. Their focus is their community.

Question 5

Why is it important to have hospitals certified?

A)It is a private standard developed by accepted organizations as a way to meet standards.
B)Accreditation is important because it focuses on building codes, sanitation, equipment and personnel.
C)Certification enables hospitals to obtain Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
D)It enables hospitals to provide services to all individuals regardless of ability to pay.

Question 6

The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (MRHP)was created as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 which allows some rural hospitals to be classified as critical access hospitals if they have no more than 25 acute care beds and provide emergency care.
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Question 7

Accreditation is a private standard developed by accepted organizations as a way to meet certain standards.

Question 8

Public hospitals are the oldest type of hospital and are owned by the federal, state or local government.

Question 9

The oldest types of hospitals are?

A)Voluntary
B)Proprietary
C)Federal
D)Public

Question 10

Employee assistance programs (EAPs)are a type of occupational health program. Established in the 1970s as an intervention for employee drug and alcohol abuse, the program has expanded to offer other services such as tobacco cessation programs and mental health counseling and referrals.

Question 11

Health centers were established in the 1960s:

A)Funded by state monies, they provided services to the uninsured or poor populations such as HIV infected and substance abusers.
B)Funded by federal monies, they provided services to the uninsured or poor populations stated above.
C)Funded by federal monies, they provide secondary and tertiary services to the uninsured or poor population.
D)Funded by state monies, they provide tertiary services only to the uninsured and poor population.

Question 12

Respite care or temporary care programs were established in the 1970s to:

A)Care for those who have a life threatening illness
B)Establish medical care for adults in day programs.
C)Provide systematic relief to those caregivers of chronically ill who need a break.
D)Funded by state and local governments, they provide an array of services to the older population.

Question 13

Urgent/emergent care centers were established in the 1970s because:

A)They provided an opportunity for healthcare consumers who need medical care but the situation is not life threatening.
B)They established an opportunity to provide alternative care treatment such as yoga and alternative vitamin therapy.
C)They provided an opportunity for healthcare consumers to make appointments to receive ongoing care in their neighborhood.
D)All of these statements are TRUE.

Question 14

State governments oversee the licensure of healthcare facilities including hospitals.

Question 15

Local health department oversee the licensure of healthcare facilities including hospitals.

Question 16

Which business cost containment approach is being used in the healthcare industry?

A)Lean: based on the Toyota model of reducing inefficiencies but improving quality care.
B)Six Sigma: A Motorola approach that uses statistics to identify patient care issues
C)Plan, Do, Study, Act: A four step process that improves workflow.
D)All are correct

Question 17

Certification of hospitals enables them to obtain Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. This is mandated by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Question 18

What is the purpose of the Self Determination Act of 1990?

A)Requires hospitals that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients to provide information to the patients about their rights when they are admitted.
B)Requires patients to sign a organ donation card upon admission.
C)Requires patients to sign a form indicating they will not sue the health care facility if they receive poor care.
D)All are correct

Question 19

Inpatient services typically focus on acute care which includes secondary and tertiary care levels that most likely require inpatient care.

Question 20

Respite care programs provide systematic relief to those caregivers who need a mental break. It also forestalls the ill patient from being placed in a facility.

Question 21

Identify the three major types of hospitals by ownership and discuss the differences between the these types of hospitals.

Question 22

What types of committees formulate the medical staff? Describe their responsibilities.

Question 23

Another word for a temporary care program is?

A)Senior care
B)Adult daycare
C)Respite care
D)Employee assistance programs
Short Answer/Essay

Question 24

Which population is more likely to use hospital emergency rooms for their healthcare?

A)Indigent population
B)The elderly
C)Medicaid recipients
D)All are correct

Question 25

What are the 5 major positions held in hospital governance?

Question 26

A typical hospice team includes which of the following?

A)Clergy
B)Physicians and nurses
C)Social workers
D)All are correct

Question 27

What is the difference between hospital licensure, accreditation and certification?

Question 28

What are the three major types of hospitals by ownership?