Discuss the main hospital-based outpatient services.

-Describe how some of the changes in the health services delivery system have led to a decline in hospital inpatient days and a growth in ambulatory services.
-What implications has the decline in hospital occupancy rates had for hospital management?
-What are the main characteristics of primary care?
-Critique the gatekeeping role of primary care.
-What are some of the reasons why solo practitioners are joining group practices?
-Why is it important for hospital administrators to regard outpatient care as a key component of their overall business strategy?
-Discuss the main hospital-based outpatient services.
-What are some of the social changes that led to the creation of specialized health centers for women?
-Why do patients sometimes use the hospital emergency department for nonurgent conditions? What are the consequences?
-What are mobile health care services? Discuss the various types of mobile services.
-What are the conditions of eligibility for receiving home health services under Medicare?
-Explain the concept of hospice care and the types of services a hospice provides.
-Describe the scope of public health ambulatory services in the United States.
-Describe the main public and voluntary outpatient clinics and the main problems they face.
Answer two of the following
-What is the difference between inpatient and outpatient services?
-Discuss the role of government in the growth, as well as the decline, of hospitals in the United States.
-What are inpatient days? What is the significance of this measure?
-How does hospital utilization vary according to a person’s age, gender, and socioeconomic status?
-Explain the factors that affect ­hospital employment.
-Discuss the different types of public hospitals and the roles they play in the delivery of health care services in the United States.
-What are some of the differences between private nonprofit and for-profit hospitals?
-What is a long-term care hospital (LTCH)? What role does it play in health care delivery in the United States?
-Why have physicians developed their own specialty hospitals? What main criticisms have these hospitals faced?
-Discuss some of the issues relative to the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals. What does the Internal Revenue Service require from these hospitals in terms of documentation?
-Discuss the governance of a modern hospital.

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