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Basics of the U.S. Health Care System 2nd Edition by Nancy Niles
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1284120134Basics of the U.S. Health Care System 2nd Edition by Nancy Niles
Edition 2ISBN: 978-1284120134 Exercise 2
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Based on this chapter, please provide a definition of the following vocabulary words in your own words. DO NOT RECITE the text definition.
Based on this chapter, please provide a definition of the following vocabulary words in your own words. DO NOT RECITE the text definition.
Explanation
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Group insurance:
This kind of insurance insures a group of people. The group may be a family or employees. The employer or an association buys a group insurance to insure its employees or members.
Gross domestic product:
Gross domestic product is an economic indicator. It indicates the economic status of a particular economy. Gross domestic product refers to the whole value of services and goods produced in an economy during a specific period.
Pesthouses:
The pesthouses provide shelter to patients who suffer from communicable diseases. The patients with communicable diseases can spread them to healthy individuals. Hence, the government built pesthouses to treat the patients with communicable diseases separately.
Voluntary health insurance:
This insurance plan meets the medical expenses of the policyholder. It pays cash to the nominee in case of death of the policyholder. This is an optional benefit provided by the employer to the employee. The employee promises to pay the premium in return for a corpus amount to the nominee in case of death of the employee.
Public health functions:
These functions refer to the prevention and control of diseases in the society. The functions include vaccination, counseling, seminars, and education programs on diseases and their prevention. Public health functions aim at creating awareness about healthcare in the society.
Primary prevention:
In healthcare, primary prevention refers to the prevention of diseases. It aims at preventing the occurrence of a disease. It is necessary to create awareness about healthcare among the people to prevent the development of diseases.
The state can implement primary prevention by promoting activities such as vaccination, counseling, seminars, and education programs on diseases and their prevention.
Secondary prevention:
In healthcare, secondary prevention refers to the process of detecting diseases at an early stage. Secondary prevention prevents the worsening of diseases. Lab tests, screening, and scanning help in detecting diseases at an early stage.
Tertiary prevention:
In healthcare, tertiary prevention refers to the treatment of diseases. It treats the diseases with the help of medication and prevents any medical complications. Here, the patients are kept under supervision.
Universal healthcare programs:
These programs provide healthcare services to a large group of people. Usually, a country (government) provides such programs to its citizens. The program covers all the citizens under a single healthcare program.
Epidemics:
Epidemics refer to the rapid spreading of contagious diseases among a large group of people. This leads to an uncontrollable situation and a large number of people die.
This kind of insurance insures a group of people. The group may be a family or employees. The employer or an association buys a group insurance to insure its employees or members.
Gross domestic product:
Gross domestic product is an economic indicator. It indicates the economic status of a particular economy. Gross domestic product refers to the whole value of services and goods produced in an economy during a specific period.
Pesthouses:
The pesthouses provide shelter to patients who suffer from communicable diseases. The patients with communicable diseases can spread them to healthy individuals. Hence, the government built pesthouses to treat the patients with communicable diseases separately.
Voluntary health insurance:
This insurance plan meets the medical expenses of the policyholder. It pays cash to the nominee in case of death of the policyholder. This is an optional benefit provided by the employer to the employee. The employee promises to pay the premium in return for a corpus amount to the nominee in case of death of the employee.
Public health functions:
These functions refer to the prevention and control of diseases in the society. The functions include vaccination, counseling, seminars, and education programs on diseases and their prevention. Public health functions aim at creating awareness about healthcare in the society.
Primary prevention:
In healthcare, primary prevention refers to the prevention of diseases. It aims at preventing the occurrence of a disease. It is necessary to create awareness about healthcare among the people to prevent the development of diseases.
The state can implement primary prevention by promoting activities such as vaccination, counseling, seminars, and education programs on diseases and their prevention.
Secondary prevention:
In healthcare, secondary prevention refers to the process of detecting diseases at an early stage. Secondary prevention prevents the worsening of diseases. Lab tests, screening, and scanning help in detecting diseases at an early stage.
Tertiary prevention:
In healthcare, tertiary prevention refers to the treatment of diseases. It treats the diseases with the help of medication and prevents any medical complications. Here, the patients are kept under supervision.
Universal healthcare programs:
These programs provide healthcare services to a large group of people. Usually, a country (government) provides such programs to its citizens. The program covers all the citizens under a single healthcare program.
Epidemics:
Epidemics refer to the rapid spreading of contagious diseases among a large group of people. This leads to an uncontrollable situation and a large number of people die.
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