Healthcare Delivery System Quiz

What type of healthcare is provided to patients who arrive at the facility, receive treatment, and leave on the same day?

• Hospice care

• Home healthcare

• Ambulatory care

• Acute care

What is the term for an episode of service to a patient in an outpatient setting?

• Visit

• Palliative care

• Encounter

• Inpatient treatment

What type of facility provides medical care to the general population in the form of emergency care, critical care, and various types of patient care?

• Clinic

• Hospital

• Urgent care clinic

• Retail care clinic

What is the term for a patient admitted to a facility at least overnight by the order of a physician?

• Ambulatory care

• Inpatient

• Outpatient

• Intermediate care facility

What type of care is non curative and delivered to patients at the end of their lives?

• Hospice care

• Home healthcare

• Ambulatory care

• Palliative care

What is the term for the first and most basic level of treatment for injury and illness, serving as the entry point for health care consumers into the healthcare delivery system?

• Group practice

• Ambulatory surgery center

• Long-term care facility

• Primary care

What type of facility 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?

• Ambulatory surgery center

• Intermediate care facility

• Skilled nursing facility

• Retail care clinic

What is the term for a walk-in clinic that provides services for patients who need immediate medical care but whose injuries or illness are not serious enough to be seen in an emergency department?

• Retail care clinic

• Clinic

• Ambulatory care

• Urgent care clinic

What type of healthcare is provided in the patient's home?

• Hospice care

• Home healthcare

• Acute care

• Palliative care

What is the term for a medical treatment to ease a patient's pain or reduce symptoms but that is not intended to cure a disease or disorder?

• Visit

• Inpatient treatment

• Palliative care

• Encounter