ENS 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Dietitian, Injury Prevention
19 Feb 2020
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Define and describe health care and helping professionals. Health care: the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of injury, disease, and sickness. Allied healthcare: individuals who have direct contact with patients in a clinical setting : Differentiate between professionals in primary and secondary health care. Primary healthcare: general physician that refers to primary-secondary cares. Secondary healthcare: medical care that a specialist provides following referral, generally do not have first contact with the patient. Differentiate between hospitals and clinics & inpatient/outpatient settings. Outpatient: clinic, people do not sleep there (no beds) Medicare: for those aged 65+ or younger people with disabilities. Affordable care act: affordable health care for all. People now have to purchase health insurance. Acute care, rehab hospital, nursing home, outpatient clinics, **home health, schools. Median = k, salary by setting, great market. Bachelors, mcat, md or do, 3 yrs clinical or 5 years orthopedic surgery, residency, 2 year fellowship, possible caq exam.
