CONSUMER

HEALTH
HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS
A. Health Professionals
B. Healthcare Facilities
C. Health Insurance
HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
-- Individuals who are licensed to practice medicine
and other allied health programs. An example of a health
professional is a physician. A physician records the
medical history of individuals, provides diagnoses,
performs medical examinations, and prescribes
medications. There are different types of physicians
based on their area of specialization.
HEALTH FACILITIES
-- Healthcare facilities are
places or institutions that offer
healthcare services.
HEALTH FACILITIES
A. Hospital
-- It is an institution where people
undergo medical diagnosis, care
and treatment.
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A. Hospital
A hospital offers different types of medical care like
inpatient and outpatient care.
Inpatient care refers to care given to individuals who need
to stay inside the hospital to receive proper treatment,
monitoring and care.
Outpatient care refers to treatment that does not require an
individual to stay inside the hospital.
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A. Hospital
There are different kinds of hospitals: private,
voluntary, government, and teaching (Meeks, et al.,
2011).
A private hospital is operated by individuals to gain
profit.
A voluntary hospital does not require profit because it
is owned by a community or an organization.
HEALTH FACILITIES
A. Hospital
A government or public hospital is being
run by the state and the treatment fees are
subsidized.
A teaching hospital includes a school for
medical students
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B. Walk-In Surgery Center
-- It is a facility that offers
surgery without the patient being
admitted in the hospital.
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C. Health Center
-- The services in a health center
cater to a specific population with
various health needs.
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D. Extended Healthcare Facility
-- A facility that provides
treatment, nursing care, and
residential services to patients,
often the elderly.
HEALTH INSURANCE
-- is a financial agreement between an
insurance company and an individual or group
for the payment of healthcare costs” (Payne, et
al., 2005). This also may pertain to a
“protection that provides benefits for sickness
and injury” (Meeks, et al., 2011).
 HEALTH INSURANCE
-- It offers various types of coverage: “medical
insurance, major medical insurance, hospitalization
insurance, surgical insurance, and disability
insurance” (Meeks, et al., 2011). Medical insurance
pays for the fees of the health professionals,
laboratory tests, and prescription drugs.