Healthcare facilities & Organizational Structure

Long term care facilities generally serve

• pediatric patients

• geriatric (elderly) patients

• middle age patients

• infants

Treat a wide range of conditions and age groups. Vary in types of service including diagnostic, medical, surgical and emergency care services.

• Specialty hospitals

• General hospitals

• Long term care facilities

• Hospice

Agencies that provide care for the terminally ill who usually have life expectancies of six months or less. 

• St. Jude Research Hospital 
• Hospice
• Shelters
• Generally hospitals

Operated by federal, state and local government agencies. Ex. public hospitals and Veteran Affairs (VA).

• Government hospitals
• Extended care facilities
• Optical centers
• WHO

Which of these facilities is equipped to offer the widest variety of counseling services?

• ambulatory care clinic

• assisted living

• laboratory

• mental health center

Which type of facility would a patient be referred to for speech and occupational therapies?

• mental health center

• rehabilitation center

• long term care center

• urgent care

A hospital which provides care for people who have cancer

• government

• specialty

• general

Care is provided for military personnel

• specialty

• government

• general

Provide a variety of services in a patient’s home

• Long-term care facilities

• Home health care

• Hospice care

• Hospitals

You begin feeling sick to your stomach Friday after work. Your doctor closed at noon. What facility would be your least expensive option for care?

• Hospice
• Hospital
• Industrial Health Center
• Urgent Care