NURS 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mammography, Durable Medical Equipment, Diabetes Care
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Trends in inpatient vs. outpatient care: historical perception changing. Outpatient care: long ago there was no such things as hospitals, everything was done at the home. Secondary care: usually short term, sporadic consultation from a specialist, routine surgery. Include hospitalization: minor surgery, specialty consultation, rehab. Tertiary care: most complex level of care, for people who are really sick, for condition that are uncommon, usually institution based, highly specialized, technology-driven, rendered in large teaching hospitals, may be long term care, ex. Level three or four center in nicu care: ecmo machine that gives babies the ability to breathe when their lungs have to high of oxygen pressure (very specialized) Health care service frequency: primary care, 75-85% of population requires only primary, secondary care, 10-12% requires referral to short term secondary, tertiary, 5-10% require tertiary. Hospital based outpatient care services: five main types, 1. Clinical services: special consultation ent, cardiology, gi, ent (ear nose throat doctors/clinics, gi (gastro intestinal, 2.
