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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In creating your custom tray you will place a layer of wax over the entire cast just shy of the outline of the triad base material. What is this called?
Relief Wax
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What should the dimensions of the handles on the custom trays be?
2cm x 1.5cm x 0.5cm
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In constructing the custom tray you are supposed to draw a blue line and a red line. What does the blue line designate?
The Peripheral Turn
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
tray you are supposed to draw a blue line and a red line. What does the red line designate?
The depth of the custom tray
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is the distance between the peripheral turn and the depth of the custom tray?
Typodont patient = 1mm REAL PATIENT = 2mm
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
When trimming the triad, which line do you trim it to?
red line = depth of custom tray
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In making impressions, the most common reason for having to remake the impression is:
Not Positioning the Tray Properly
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What are the objectives of Border Molding?
1)To capture the physiological extent of the peripheral turn of the patient. 2)To support the light bodied impression material as it is carried into the peripheral turn
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
The wax spacer is placed before contouring the triad for what reason?
1) To keep the impression tray from seating all the way while border molding 2) To create enough space for the light bodied impression material
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is the intaglio surface of the tray on the denture?
The inside or supporting tissue surface
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In forming the master cast, it is necessary to have an area of protection for the anatomy. This is called the land area. It should be ____ mm wide and ____mm deep from the peripheral turn to the top of the land area.
2-4mm wide 1mm deep
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is the primary stress area for the mandibular denture?
The buccal shelf
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
On the maxilla, what is the secondary stress bearing area?
(NOT the hard palate)
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
How much faster does the mandible resorb than the maxilla?
4x faster
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F One of the reasons we use the centric relation record is because?
It is a repeatable position
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
The Vertical Dimension of Occlusion is usually ____ les than the vertical dimension of rest.
2-4mm
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What region is the vertical dimension of rest measured in?
The anterior region
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
After your casts have been retrieved and trimmed, you need to place remount grooves in the bases. Why do you need to place them?
For properly realigning the casts on the articulator after they are removed
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F When making your wax occlusal rim it is acceptable to measure 22mm on the right lateral region of teh maxillary WOR, 18 mm on the left side of your mandibular WOR.
False
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F The maxillary wax occlusal rim is contoured to give you some specific information about your patient. Two main things you are looking for are lip contour and incisal length.
True
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is the key theme to the neutral zone?
Equalized area where the teeth rest
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Because of what we have learned about the neutral zone, you generally would want to shape the cameo surfaces of the mandibular denture to be _____ in shape.
Concave
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What are the surfaces of the dentures that we need to be concerned with?
a) occlusal surface b) intaglio surface c) cameo surface
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is the resorption pattern of the maxilla typically?
Vertical and toward the palate
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
The horizontal aspect of the seal for the maxillary denture is the ______
PPS
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
The fovea palatinae is usually located?
Slightly anterior to the anterior vibrating line
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F The posterior vibrating line is usually 2-3 mm posterior to the anterior vibrating line in a class I throat form.
False
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F In setting the maxillary anterior teeth, you want to follow a guide formula generally referred to as IMG
False MIG
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F In setting the maxillary anterior teeth, the long axis of the teeth should be exactly perpendicular to the horizontal.
False
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In placing the Maxillary anterior teeth you want the overjet of the maxillary anterior to be about?
1.5-2 mm
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In looking at the mandibular set up of the anterior you would want to see ____ of the lateral incisors when viewed from the intaglio surface.
The Mid (IMG)
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What are the two categories of sounds that affect our work in prosthetics the most?
Labiodental Linguoalveolar
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
After setting the anterior teeth, you have your patient in for the try in. When you have them count from 40-50, what are you looking for?
F&V sounds incisal edge touches middle of lower lip
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What category are the F & V sounds
Labiodental
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Where is an epulous fissuratum most commonly seen?
Facial aspect of the U or L anterior region
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
The surface of an epulous fissuratum is usually?
Smooth
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Although we advise our patients to remove their dentures at night, about ______% of denture patients wear them 24 hrs/day
20%
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
A papillary hyperplasia usually occurs?
In the palate under the maxillary denture
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Xerostomia can be caused by?
Age HIV patient Medication Radiation
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F In setting denture teeth for esthetics and function it is desirable to have cuspid protected occlusion if at all possible
False
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
T/F In a balanced occlusion, you ideally would like to have all the teeth touch, not only in centric occlusion but also in all excursion
False
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
In a lingualized occlusion you would want to have?
The lingual cusp of the maxillary posterior teeth in the central fossa of the mandibular posterior teeth
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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The compensating curve is a combination of ____ & ____
Spee Wilson
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What is a monoplane tooth?
Flatter planes
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Which appointment does this happen? Clinic: Diagnosis, prognosis, treatment plan, patient evaluation. If applicable, make Preliminary impressions in alginate. If you are going to proceed to construct dentures for your patient, make sure that they leave their existing dentures out for 12-24 hours before the next appoint...
1st appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
Which appointment does this happen? Clinic: Border mold maxillary and mandibular custom impression trays. Make final impressions in appropriate impression material. Record the Posterior Palatal Seal area in maxillary impression. Lab: Disinfect the impressions before beading, boxing, and pouring the final impressions. P...
2nd appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appt does this happen? Clinic: Do facebow transfer & mount upper cast on articulator, OR mount lower cast on Stratus articulator with horizontal guide. Shape maxillary wax occlusal rim for lip contour and incisal length. Measure VDR, VDO. Shape mandibular rim. Register Centric Relation with interocclusal recording...
3rd appt
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Dentures Quizzes Flashcards - Cram.com
False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appt does this happen? Clinic: Try in of upper and lower anterior teeth. Include patient’s friend / relative in decision process. Listen to comments and alter set up where appropriate. If another appointment will be needed for the final try in, make sure that trusted friend / relative will return with your patient...
4th appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appt does this happen? Clinic: Final try in of dentures. Final O.K. for processing from both your patient and his/her “critiquer”. Lab: Refine waxing, prepare laboratory prescription, send to lab for processing. When case returned, check over thoroughly before you see your patient.
5th appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appointment does this happen? Clinic: Place and adjust dentures. Give “patient instructions”, what to expect, how to care for them, etc. Make 24 hour check appointment
6th appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appt does this happen? Clinic: Check for “sore spots”, occlusion, speech, etc. Make 1 week check appointment, but advise your patient that if they need to see you before then, to call and come in.
7th appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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0cefeea3__Quizzes_Flashcards___Cram_com__denture_provides_the_stability
What appt does this happen? Clinic: Check for everything. If all O.K…..move on to your next project. Make tentative follow-up appointment for approximately 1 year.
8th appt
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False the denture provides the stability
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[Access] Administrative Costs
The costs of billing, collections, bad debts, and medical record maintenance; more in the US than any other national health care system
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[Access] Balance Bill
when providers can bill the patient directly for the remaining costs of treatment not covered by their insurance/health plan
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[Access] Capitation
a payment mechanism in which all health care services are included under one set fee/covered individual (PMPM-predetermined fixed payment per member per month)
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[Access] Defensive Medicine
Because of our litigious society, many practitioners prescribe additional diagnostic tests, schedule check-up visits, and maintain copious documentation; all of these additional efforts are often unnecessary, costly and inefficient
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[Access] Demand
driven by the prices prevailing in the free market; increases as price is lowered
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[Access] Enrollee
(member) refers to an individual covered under an insurance plan
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[Access] Free Market
multiple patients (buyers) and providers (sellers) act independently; unrestrained competition must exist between providers on the basis of price and quality; patients must have information on price and quality for each provider; patients must have information about the availability of various services; patients must d...
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[Access] Global budget
used to determine total health care expenditures on the national scale and to allocate the resources within the budgetary limits
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[Access] Health Plan
a part of managed care which uses selected providers from whom enrollees can choose to receive routine services
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[Access] Inpatient Care
Health services predominantly associated with acute care hospitals/institutions; to receive health care services, patients are temporarily confined to an institution, such as a hospital or nursing home, where they stay overnight
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[Access] Managed Care
A system that combines the functions of health insurance and the actual delivery of care, where costs and utilization of services are controlled by such methods as gatekeeping, case management, and utilization review. A large variety of arrangements can fall under this rubric. It is a system of delivery that 1.seeks to...
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[Access] Medicaid
The US government financed program that provides health benefits to the poor
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[Access] Medicare
The US government financed program that provides health benefits to the elderly and certain disabled individuals
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[Access] Moral Hazard
the tendency of individuals to use health care services to a greater extent after purchasing health insurance than before when they did not have insurance
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[Access] National Health Insurance (NHI)
The government finances health care through taxes, but it is delivered by private providers
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[Access] National Health system (NHS)
A tax-supported NHI where the government manages the infrastructure for the delivery of medical care
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[Access] Need
the amount of medical care that medical experts believe a person should have to remain or become healthy
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[Access] Outpatient Care
the process where health care is delivered in a non-institutional setting; health care services that are obtained without an overnight stay
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[Access] Package Pricing
a bundled fee for a package of related services
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[Access] Phantom Providers
providers that charge costs not anticipated/included in the cost of a surgery, such as anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and pathologists
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[Access] Premium Cost Sharing
In employer based health insurance, employers do not pay 100% of the premiums, but require their employees to pay a portion of the cost
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[Access] Primary Care
continuous basic and routine care. Basic and routine health care that is provided in an office or clinic by a provider (physician, nurse, or other health care professional) who takes responsibility for coordination of all aspects of a patient's health care delivery that is the patient's first contact with the health ca...
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[Access] Provider
Any entity that delivers health care services and receives payments directly for those services; mostly serve those covered by insurance. Any individual or organization that provides services generally covered under health insurance (including Medicaid and Medicare), e.g. physicians, hospitals, dentists, laboratories, ...
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[Access] Quad-function Model
A model of a functional health care system; the four primary functional components: 1. FINANCING-helps obtain health insurance or pay for services 2.INSURANCE-protects insured from catastrophic risk and costly care, specifies how and where services received 3.DELIVERY-given by providers 4. PAYMENT-reimbursement of paym...
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[Access] Reimbursement
the amount insurers pay to a provider (portion of the actual charge); funds come from premiums paid to insurance companies or HMOs; the determination of how much to pay for a certain service
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[Access] Single-payer System
another term for National Health Care system; a health care reform proposal to create a single organization, usually a government agency, to pay all medical claims
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[Access] Socialized Health Insurance
health care is financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and employees
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[Access] Standards of Participation
standards formulated by the government through health policy and regulation; providers must comply with the established standards to be certified in order to provide for Medicaid and Medicare patients
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[Access] Supplier-induced Demand
Like provider-induced demand; when moral hazard induces a larger utilization which creates an artificial demand for services; physicians can only over prescribe care to their patients with their own economic interests in mind
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[Access] System
the main organizations and individuals involved in health care (educational and research institutions, medical suppliers, insurers, payers, and claims processors); very little standardization and components are functionally fragmented; two primary objectives of any health care system: 1. enable universal access 2. serv...
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[Access] Third Party
The intermediary role of insurance; creates a wall between financing and delivery functions so that quality of care becomes a secondary concern. Under the current system, the payers for covered services, e.g. insurance companies, government. They are called third parties because they are neither the providers nor the r...
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[Access] Uninsured
those without private or public health insurance
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[Access] Universal Access
Health insurance coverage for all citizens, as in a national health care program.
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[Access] Utilization
Extent to which health care services are actually used. For example, the number of physician visits per person per year is a measure of utilization for primary care services.
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[Access] Why does cost containment remain an elusive goal in US health services delivery?
Cost containment remains and elusive goal in US health services delivery because the system does not lend itself to standard budgetary methods of cost control. Each individual and corporate entity within a predominantly private entrepreneurial system seeks to manipulate financial incentives to its own advantage without...
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[Access] What are the two main objectives of a health care delivery system?
The two main objectives of the healthy care delivery system are to one, enable all citizens to access health care services and two, these services must be cost-effective and meet certain established standards of quality.
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[Access] Name the four basic functional components of the US health care delivery system. What role does each play in the delivery of health care?
The four basic functional components of US health care delivery & functions: a.Financing- helps obtain health insurance or pay for services b.Insurance- protects insured from catastrophic risk and costly care, specifies how and where services received c.Delivery- given by providers d.Payment- reimbursement of payment t...
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[Access] What is the primary reason for employers to purchase insurance plans to provide health benefits to their employees?
The primary reason for employers to purchase insurance plans to provide health benefits to their employees is that its in their best interest to keep their workers healthy and performing optimally; employers also get discount pricing because of group rates offered by insurance companies.
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[Access] Why is it that despite public and private health insurance programs, some US citizens are without any coverage?
5. Despite public and private health insurance programs, some US citizens are uninsured because their low wages are enough to make them ineligible for federally funded programs, but they cannot afford premium cost sharing through their employers, if their employers even provide insurance.
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[Access] What is managed care?
Managed care is a system of health delivery which, 1. Seeks to achieve efficiencies through integration 2. Employs mechanisms to manage utilization 3. determines the price at which services are purchased
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[Access] Why is the US health care market referred to as "imperfect"?
The US health care market is imperfect, or quasi-market, because costs are fixed by the government, buying power is consolidated in the hands of private health plans, which forces providers to form alliances, patients do not have adequate information about services and their price/quality, patients do not directly pay ...
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[Access] Discuss the intermediary role of insurance in the delivery of health care.
The intermediary role of insurance in the delivery of health care is that of a third party. This intermediary influence creates a wall between financing and delivery functions so that quality of care becomes a secondary concern.
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[Access] Who are the major players in the US health services system? What are the positive and negative effects of the often-conflicting self-interests of these players?
The major players in the US health services system are physicians, administrators of health service institutions, insurance companies, large employers, and the government. One positive effect of their opposing self-interest is that they prevent any single entity from dominating the system. On the negative side, each pl...
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[Access] What main roles does the government play in the US health services system?
The main roles of the government in the US health services system is as a financer through Medicare and Medicaid the government finances medical costs for those unable to pay. The government also serves as a sort of regulator through certification and standards of participation with Medicare/Medicaid.
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[Access] Why is it important for health care managers and policy makers to understand the intricacies of the health care delivery system?
It is important for health care managers and policy makers to understand the intricacies of the health care system because it can help officials be more attuned to their own positions/role/relationship to the rest of the health care environment. It can help to better understand changes and their potential impact on the...
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[Access] What kind of a cooperative approach do the authors recommend for charting the future course of the health care delivery system?
A multifaceted system will be needed to plot the future progress of the American health care system. It will need to be a joint undertaking that involves a balanced representation of the key players in health service delivery.
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[Access] What is the difference between national health insurance (NHI) and a national health system (NHS)?
13. Both National Health Insurance, NHI, and National Health System, NHS, are tax-supported, but in NHS the government manages the infrastructure for the delivery of medical care and in NHI health care is delivered by private providers.
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Chapter One Health Policy and Management Flashcards - Cram.com
The ability of an individual to obtain health care services when needed
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[Access] What is socialized health insurance (SHI)?
14. Socialized Health Insurance is health care financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and employees
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Chapter One Health Policy and Management Flashcards - Cram.com
The ability of an individual to obtain health care services when needed
http://www.cram.com/flashcards/chapter-one-health-policy-and-management-589454
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