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PH 105 Midterm 1

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health
complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity-WHO
social determinants of health
Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes-CDC
what are the social determinants of health?
1.genetics
2.certain risk factors
3.socioeconomic status (Sweden has the highest)
4.built environment
5.education level
6.access to health care
7.community contexts (behaviors)
GDP
value of goods and services produced in the US 19.39 trillion in 2017
US healthcare patients
325.7M, Insured: 297.2M (91.2%), Uninsured: 28.5M (8.8%)
US Healthcare financing
National Health Expenditure (NHE) was $3.2T or 17.9% of GDP (2017), Physicians and Hospitals are 53% of healthcare spending in 2017, the U.S. Government spent $1.5T on healthcare
What type of healthcare system do we have in the United States?
heterogenous
roles of government in health care
Veterans Administration-(EHR)
Department of Health & Human Services-Medicare-Medicaid-Public Health (CDC)-FDA
Department of Defense-Tricare
California Department of Health Care Services
Medi-Cal=10.8M Californians, Income less than 138% of the federal poverty level
US life expectancy at birth
77.9
expenditure of US GDP
16.4, THE MOST
history of hospitals
In 1900 ~ 50/50 chance of living but in 2000 97.5% survive due to Better hygiene, Water filtration (drastically reduced typhoid fever), Vaccination, Improvements in nutrition, Improvements in surveillance and monitoring disease, and Antibiotics
community hospital
All non-federal, short term general, and special hospitals whose facilities are available to the public. Short term and special hospitals are also considered to be community hospitals. (most hospitals in the US are like this)
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Founded in 1898
Provides education for health care leaders
5,000 hospitals
lobbies for national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates judicial matters
Directory of hospitals
hospitals in merced
Mercy Medical Center-185 beds
Memorial Hospital Los Banos-40 beds
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