Across
- 2. care Inpatient healthcare for severe illnesses or injuries requiring a stay in a facility where the average stay is 30 days or less
- 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
- 5. A patient admitted to a facility at least overnight by order of a physician
- 7. An episode of service to a patient in an outpatient setting, also called an encounter
- 8. An episode of service to a patient in an outpatient setting, also called a visit
- 11. office An ambulatory care setting served by an individual or group of primary care providers
- 13. practice An arrangement where multiple physicians share ownership of the practice
- 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
- 20. surgery center A surgical facility that performs procedures on patients who are not admitted to a hospital for recovery or assisted living facility
- 21. treatment Medical services provided to a patient admitted to a facility at least overnight by order of a physician
- 22. A primary care provider who sees the patient first to control access to other parts of the healthcare delivery system
- 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. A patient who receives treatment during a visit on a single day
- 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
- 6. care Outpatient healthcare provided to patients who arrive at the facility, receive treatment, and leave on the same day
- 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
- 10. care Noncurative care delivered to patients at the end of their lives
- 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
- 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
- 15. nursing facility A type of long-term care facility providing subacute nursing care
- 16. healthcare Healthcare services provided in the patient’s home
- 17. An ambulatory setting providing general or specialized care, sometimes on a walk-in basis
- 18. proprietorship Simplest business structure available for a provider practice with the practice owned and managed by one physician
- 23. A medical practice ownership where two physicians own the medical practice, often formed among physicians of the same specialty