Across
- 2. Care provided for the elderly patient population.
- 4. An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area
- 6. biological preparation that trains the body to fight off a harmful disease
- 9. supernatural spirits that were blamed for sickness and misfortune in ancient times
- 15. Any type of health care provided in a patient's home environment.
- 16. the distant past
- 17. the invasion of harmful microorganisms inside the body
- 18. Method of classifying diagnoses into specific payment or reimbursement categories.
- 19. State of being in good health; well.
- 20. an illness or disease that cannot be cured and will eventually lead to death
Down
- 1. Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being.
- 3. the maximum length of time that an individual can live
- 5. Method of treatment used in conjunction with biomedical therapies.
- 7. Procedures used to control costs or expenses.
- 8. The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.
- 10. treatments and surgeries performed the same day with no overnight hospital stay
- 11. the study of an organism's entire genome
- 12. Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistants.
- 13. unspecialized human cells that can divide and turn into many different specialized cell types
- 14. an abnormal condition that harms the function of the body