Health Vocabulary Chapter 26
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- Consumer
- anyone who buys goods and services
- Primary Care Physicians
- the health-care professionals who take care of most people’s routine medical needs
- Physician
- medical doctor who has spent four years in a medical school and earned a medical degree
- Osteopathy
- a branch of medicine that emphasizes the relationship of the body’s muscular and skeletal systems to general health
- Diagnosis
- a physician’s opinion of the nature or cause of a medical condition
- Prescription
- a written order from a physician or dentist to a pharmacist authorizing that patient be given a particular medicine
- Medical Specialist
- a physician who has received additional training in a particular branch of medicine and has passed a test that certifies him or her to practice in that specialty
- Nurse
- a licensed health-care professional who works in collaboration with a physician to provide direct care to patients
- Nurse Practitioner
- trained to do many of the tasks that only physicians used to perform
- Primary Health Care
- routine health care provided in a physician’s office
- Clinic
- a facility in which primary health care is provided by one or more physicians and other health-care workers
- Outpatient
- a person admitted to a clinic or hospital for tests or treatments that do not require an overnight stay
- Hospital
- a facility that is equipped and staged to provide comprehensive health-care services, especially those requiring complicated or advanced procedures
- Inpatient
- a patient who is required to stay in a hospital for overnight care
- Secondary Health Care
- health care given to a patient in a hospital
- General Hospital
- treats patients of all ages and with all kinds of illnesses and injuries
- Specialty Hospital
- specializes in treating one age group or one type of disorder
- Teaching Hospitals
- located near medical schools where students are trained
- Convalescent Home
- provides care for people who are recovering from surgery, illness, or injury
- Nursing Home
- a facility that provides long-term care for elderly or chronically ill people who are incapable of caring for themselves
- Hospice
- short-term facility for those who are terminally ill
- Private Practice
- working for him/herself
- Group Practice
- when several physicians in private practice have their offices together in the same building and work together
- Medical History
- a record of your present and past health as well as the health of members of your family
- Physical Examination
- a head-to-toe check of your body to identify any medical problems you may have
- Second Opinion
- a diagnosis and advice from another physician
- Premium
- an annual fee paid as insurance
- Deductible
- fixed amount that is a portion of a person’s yearly medical expenses
- Co-payment
- the remaining amount patients must pay
- Managed Care
- an alternative to conventional health insurance in which each member chooses a primary-care physician from a group of physicians who participate in the plan
- Health Maintenance Organization
- a group of physicians and other health-care workers that provides complete medical services to members of the HMO
- Preferred Provider Organization
- insurance in which participating physicians and hospitals agree to charge reduced fees to plan members
- Medicare
- the federally financed insurance program for elderly people
- Medicaid
- a state and federal program that pays for the health care of people whose incomes are below an established level
- Medicine
- any substance used to treat a disease, disorder, or injury
- Prescription Medicines
- prescribed by a physician or dentist
- Over the Counter Medicines
- available without a prescription
- Generic Name
- a standard name under which medicine is sold
- Side Effects
- unpleasant responses of your body to the medicine
- Quackery
- selling useless medical treatments or products