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What isSpecialty hospitals?
ProviDemetre care for only special conditions or age groups
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What is laboratories
Are often a part of a other facilities but can operate as separate health care services
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What is (WHO) WORLD Health Organization ?
An international agency sponsored by the United Nations; addresses serious health problems throughout the world.
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What is Deductibles
Amounts that must be paid by the patient for medical services before the policy begins to pay.
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What is Medicaid
Pays for the health care of individuals with low income, children who qualify for public assistance, and individuals who are physically disabled and blind.
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What is General hospitals
Treat a wide range of conditions and age groups.
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What is home health care
Designed to provide care in a patients home.
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What is Health Department
Provideo specific services needed by the state or local community.
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What is HMO
A monthly fee or premium. Is paid for membership, and the fee stays the same regardless of the amount of health care used.
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What is Workers' Compensation
Providing treatment for workers injured on the job
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What is long term care facilities
Mainly provide assistance and care for elderly patients, usually residents.
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What is HMOs
Provide total health care directed toward preventive health care.
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What is Agency for Health Care Policy and research (AHCPR )
Federal agency to research the quality of health care delivery and identify the standards of treatment that should be provided by health care facilities .
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What is Co-Payment
A specific amount of money a patient pays for particular service
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What is TRICARE
Provides care for all active duty member and their families, survivors of military personnel, and retired members of the armed forces.
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What is outpatient clinics
Usually operated by hospitals or large medical groups; provide care for outpatients
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What is Genetic counseling Centers
Work with couples or individuals who are pregnant or considering a pregnancy.
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What is Food and Drug Administration
A federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public
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What is Co-insurance
Requires that specific percentages of expenses be shared by the patient and insurance company
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What is Managed Care
An approach that has developed in response to rising health care costs.
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What is Emergency Care services
Provide special car for victims of accidents or sudden illness.
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What is a service giving by school health services
Providing emergency care for victims of accidents and sudden illness.
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What is OSHA
Establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job related injuries.
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What is Medicare
Ffederal government program that provides health care for individuals over the age 65
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What is State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Establishes in 1997 to Provide health care to unsure children of working families
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