Healthcare Systems

FDA stands for Federal Drug Administration

• True

• False

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Concerned with the causes, spread, and control of diseases in populations

• Leading the national effort to build a private and secure nationwide health information exchange

• Issues standards on things such as limits on chemical and radiation exposure and use of personal protective equipment

HMOs provide prepaid, comprehensive healthcare at a flat rate and for a fixed period of time through a network

• True

• False

The amount of money that an individual pays before the benefits of health insurance kick in and the co-insurance starts.

• Co-pay

• Premium

• Deductible

International agency sponsored by the United Nations

• CDC

• OSHA

• FDA

• WHO

Co-pay

• The percentage of money that you are expected to pay after the deductible is reached.

• The flat fee that you are expected to pay for a medical service such as a doctor’s appointment.

• The groups of healthcare providers, laboratories, pharmacies, etc. that are connected to a specific health insurance company.

Federal health insurance program for persons 65 or older and disabled or individuals with illnesses that prevent them from working.

• Medicaid

• PPO

• Medicare

• HMO

If an injured employee accepts worker’s compensation, he gives up his right to sue the employer for negligence.

• True

• False

A program jointly funded by state and federal taxes that provides medical aid for low income individuals of all ages.

State determines who is eligible for the program by following federal guidelines

• TRICARE

• Medicaid

• Medicare

Studies a person’s DNA sequences for differences These differences may explain why one person will develop a disease and respond to a certain drug and another will not

• Genomic medicine

• Geriatric medicine

• Gnomic medicine