Chapter 2 Healthcare Facilities

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Across
  1. 2. care Inpatient healthcare for severe illnesses or injuries requiring a stay in a facility where the average stay is 30 days or less
  2. 3. A facility that provides medical services to the general population in the form of emergency care, critical care, intensive care, and various types of patient care
  3. 5. A patient admitted to a facility at least overnight by order of a physician
  4. 7. An episode of service to a patient in an outpatient setting, also called an encounter
  5. 8. An episode of service to a patient in an outpatient setting, also called a visit
  6. 11. office An ambulatory care setting served by an individual or group of primary care providers
  7. 13. practice An arrangement where multiple physicians share ownership of the practice
  8. 19. care A medical treatment to ease a patient’s pain or reduce symptoms but that is not intended to cure a disease or disorder
  9. 20. surgery center A surgical facility that performs procedures on patients who are not admitted to a hospital for recovery or assisted living facility
  10. 21. treatment Medical services provided to a patient admitted to a facility at least overnight by order of a physician
  11. 22. A primary care provider who sees the patient first to control access to other parts of the healthcare delivery system
  12. 24. care clinic A walk-in clinic that is offered onsite at a retail store, such as a large department store or pharmacy, equipped to treat uncomplicated, minor illnesses
Down
  1. 1. A patient who receives treatment during a visit on a single day
  2. 4. care facility A healthcare facility that provides long-term care most often to developmentally disabled patients who do not require the degree of medical care given at a hospital or subacute healthcare facility
  3. 6. care Outpatient healthcare provided to patients who arrive at the facility, receive treatment, and leave on the same day
  4. 9. care facility A healthcare facility that provides care on an inpatient basis to patients who are chronically ill and need extended services or treatments
  5. 10. care Noncurative care delivered to patients at the end of their lives
  6. 12. care clinic Walk-in clinic that provides services for patients who need immediate medical care but whose injuries or illnesses are not serious enough to be seen in an emergency department
  7. 14. care The first and most basic level of treatment for injury or illness, serving as the entry point for healthcare consumers into the healthcare delivery system
  8. 15. nursing facility A type of long-term care facility providing subacute nursing care
  9. 16. healthcare Healthcare services provided in the patient’s home
  10. 17. An ambulatory setting providing general or specialized care, sometimes on a walk-in basis
  11. 18. proprietorship Simplest business structure available for a provider practice with the practice owned and managed by one physician
  12. 23. A medical practice ownership where two physicians own the medical practice, often formed among physicians of the same specialty