CHAPTER 3 Careers in Health care"

what % of the American workforce are in health care

13%

what is driving the growth of the health care industry

population growth, aging population, increased like expectancy

what are most health care jobs located

hospitals

define demographic 

more elderly people and more patients 

what is ACA

health care coverage and prevent health cost

what does the ACA emphasize

preventation and primary cares

what are examples of chronic diseases 

cancer 

what are the examples of acute diseases

hiv

what is the role of physicians

diagnose, treat patients

how are physicians licensed 

MD or DO

what is allopathic medicine 

diagnosing and treating via coventional 

what is osteopathic medicine

a distinct branch of medical practice that emphasizes a holistic approach to healthcare

what does NBME stand for

National Board Of Medicine Examiners

what does NBOE stand for

National Board Of Osteopathic Examiners

what do MD`s focus on

musculoskeletal focus

what do DO`s focus on

Allopathic

who are more likely to be generalists 

Do`s are more likely to be generalists

what are examples of generalists 

family doctor 

how are internship and residencies

Internship is the first year of postgraduate medical training where a new doctor gains foundational clinical skills under close supervision, while residency is the subsequent, more specialized training program

how do referrals work 

patients gets to primary care and they send to a specialitirres and again primary care 

what PCP

primary care providers

what do hospitalist

manage care during hospitalization

what are the hospitals focus on 

inpatients medicine 

how are hospital trrained

often from internal medicine

what is gatekeeping 

primary cares controls to specilaty care 

what does longitudinal mean

taking care for a long time

what does episodic mean

occur at irregular intervals

what do primary doctors focus on

comorbidiitiees

what do specialists focus on 

disease or organ system 

what does comorbidity mean

simrthanerly with other condition

what are the different wok setting for physicians

public sector

what does public sector 

it is a part of economy controlled by government 

what are ambulatory mean

to be able to walk around

how are physicians maldistribution

a specialty maldistribution, with too many specialists and not enough primary care physicians,

what does maldistribution mean

bad or unsatisfactory distribution, as of wealth, among a population or members of a group