P H 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality, National Institutes Of Health, Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report
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Lecture 2: categories of health and social services. What is healthcare: the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health esp through the provision of medical services: health care workers. Health people 2020: attain and promote high quality life, social determinants of health: gender, race, ethnicity, education, income, disability, geographic location, sexual orientation, increase number of health professions. What are healthcare agencies: facilities or agencies that exist solely for health care services. National agencies, state agencies, world health organizations, local health agencies, government agencies, professional health associations. Who is part of these healthcare agencies: doctors, nurses. Public health agencies: government health agencies. Managed by governmental o cials: they exist at the four governmental levels. National health agencies: the role of the federal government: No constiutionalut de ned role for the federal gov in health: regulation of interstate commerce of drugs and food, grants in aid to states and institutions, administration of medicare and medicaid.
