Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being by treating the whole body, mind, and spirit.
  2. 5. A way patients receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities in order to reduce the cost of health care.
  3. 7. Methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies.
  4. 9. Care for the elderly that is a growing field providing adult day care centers, retirement communities, assisted/independent living facilities, long-term care facilities, and other organizations.
  5. 10. One way Congress is trying to control costs for government insurance plans. Patients with certain diagnoses are classified in one payment group. A limit is placed on the cost of care, and the agency is encouraged to provide care within the expense limit allowed.
  6. 11. Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.
  7. 14. A rapidly growing health care service that can be given in your home for an illness or injury; usually less expensive, more convenient, and just as effective as care you get in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Down
  1. 1. An act that has left to the development of many regulations regarding long-term care and home health care, requiring states to establish training and competency evaluation programs for nursing and geriatric assistants.
  2. 3. Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources such as electricity, water and/or gas.
  3. 4. The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.
  4. 6. The outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a high proportion of the population.
  5. 8. The state of being in optimum health with a balanced relationship between physical, mental, and social health; another major trend in health care.
  6. 12. Health care that used both mainstream medical treatments and CAM therapies to treat a patient.
  7. 13. Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieving the maximum benefit for every dollar spent. Some reasons for high health care costs include: technological advances, the aging population, and health-related lawsuits.