"It ishealththat

isreal wealth
andnot pieces
of goldand
silve-r."
MahatmaGandhi

HEALTHSERVICEPROFESSIONALS
-Health service professionals make up
the largest labor force in the United
States
-Due to a large increase in insured
individuals seeking medical care stress
on the current primary care system is
the result
-In the next decade around $230 million
dollars will be invested to increase the
number of medical students, nurse
practitioners and physician assistants
- Due to the growing demand for health
care professionals the ACA provides
loan forgiveness for individuals who
choose to work in locations in need.
- Mal-distribution is the surplus or
shortage of a type of physician needed
to maintain the health status of a
population
-Mal-distribution is on the rise in the US
due to the desirability of certain
professions in the health care world.

HEALTHLITERACY
BROCHURE

FACTSABOUTHEALTHCARE
PRIVATEANDPUBLICFINANCING

OUTPATIENTANDPRIMARYCARESERVICES INPATIENTCARE

- Private health insurance, also called "voluntary - Outpatient care does not require an
- Inpatient care is when someone must
health insurance", include many different types of over-night stay at an inpatient facility such as receive care through an overnight visit at a
health plans providers.
a hospital
health care facility or hospital
- Premiums are the amount of money the insurer - Certain outpatient services may be provided
charges in order to insure against risk. Premiums at inpatient facilities
usually depend on the type of plan that is
- Outpatient care is also referred to as
selected by the employee.

ambulatory care - this refers to patients who

- A Hospital is an institution that has at least

6 beds and it's main purpose is to deliver
services, diagnostics, and therapy for general
medical conditions

- Private health insurance is mostly

are able to come to physicians office's, hospital -Factors such as development of professional
employee-bases, as in the company they work for
nursing, growth of private insurance and the
provides an insurance plan that they may or may outpatient care and health service centers.
not buy into
- Primary care includes prevention, diagnostic role of the government have accelerated the
- Public health insurance provides those who
many not be able to gain insurance given their
own circumstances

and therapeutic services,, health education,

counseling and minor surgery.

growth of hospital use in the US

LONGTERMCARE

- Primary care is "the point of entry," meaning

- The majority of long-stay hospitals (25 days
- Medicare was put into place to provide persons this is the first contact of health care a patient
or more) in the US are long-term care
65 or older, disabled individuals and people who will make when seeking care.
hospitals
have end-stage renal disease with care
- Medicaid was put into place to serve
low-income Americans who have limited assets,
but still require medical care

- Long term care is needed when the patient

suffers from multiple chronic conditions. Most
of these patients are dependent on
respiratory ventilators or other equipment to
keep them alive
- Long term care hospitals must meet the
requirements of Medicare and all of their
patients must need acute care that exceeds
25 days
- Long terms care facilities jumped from 105
locations in 1993 to 412 in 2010