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| Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | Concerned with causes |
| Clinics | Institution that provides care for outpatients; a group of specialists working in cooperation |
| Cost containment | Procedures used to control the rising costs of health care |
| Dental offices | Vary in size from offices that are privately owned by one or more dentists to dental clinics that employ a number of dentists |
| Diagnostic related groups (DRGs) | A cost-savings plan that groups patients with certain diagnoses who are admitted to hospitals in one payment group with a limit placed on cost of care. |
| Emergency care services | Provide special care for victims of accidents or sudden illness |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | Federal agency responsible for regulating food and drug products sold to the public |
| Geriatric care | Care for the elderly |
| Health departments | Provide health services as directed by the US Department of Health and Human Services at a State and local level |
| Health insurance plans | Used by individuals in order to pay for the costs of health care |
| Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) | A type of health insurance plan that provides total health care directed toward preventative health care |
| Home health care | Designed to provide care in a patients home |
| Hospice | Provide care for terminally ill persons with life expectancies of six months or less |
| Hospitals | One of the major types of health care facilities |
| Industrial health care centers | Provide health care for employees of the industry or business |
| Laboratories | Perform special diagnostic tests such as blood or urine tests |
| Long-term care facilities (LTCs or LFCFs) | Mainly provide assistance and care for elderly patients |
| Managed care | All health care provided to a patient must have a purpose in order to control costs. |
| Medicaid | A medical assistance program operated by individual states usually pays for health care of welfare recipients |
| Medical offices | Vary from offices that are privately owned by one doctor to large complexes that operate as corporations and employ many doctors and other healthcare professionals |
| Medicare | Insurance plan that provides hospital care for almost all individuals over the age of 65 and for a person with a disability who has received Social Security benefits for at least two years |
| Mental health facilities | Treat patients with mental disorders and diseases |
| National Institutes of health (NIH) | Involved in research on disease |
| Nonprofit agencies | Frequently called voluntary agencies |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | Federal agency that establishes and enforces standards that protect workers from job-related injuries and illnesses |
| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) | Established in 1987 |
| Organizational structure | Used in all health care facilities to establish a line of authority or a chain of command. |
| Preferred provider organization (PPOs) | A type of health insurance plan usually provided by large industries to their employees where employees are restricted to using specific hospital and/or doctors with which the company has contracted |
| Rehabilitation | Provide care to help patients with physical or mental disabilities obtain maximum self-care and function |
| School health services | Provide emergency care for victims of accidents and sudden illness |
| US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) | National agency that deals with the health problems in the United States |
| Voluntary agencies | Frequently called nonprofit agencies |
| Wellness | A major trend in health care that recognizes the importance of maintaining healthy living habits. |
| Workers compensation | A health insurance plan providing treatment for workers injured on the job |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | An international agency sponsored by the United Nations |
