Types of Healthcane Agencies and, Serices Government (official) agencies are established at the local, state, and federal levels to provide public health services - Their funds usually generated from taxes are administered by elected or appointed officials - Are responsible for developing programs to meet the health needs of the people PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE - In North America, the physician's office is a significant care setting. The majority of physician's either have their own offices or work with several other physicians in a group practice. = Clien’s usully go to a physician's office for routine health screening, illness diagnosis, and treatment. Eee Are used in many communities, most ambulatory care centers have diagnostic and treatment facilities that provide medical, nursing, laboratory, and radiologic services and they may or may not be associated with an acute care hospital Ec The industrial (occupational) clinic is gaining importance as a setting for employee health care - The importance of employee health to productivity has long been recognized Le aperareereerea aren! Hospitals vary in size from the 12 bed rural hospital to the 1,500 bed metropolitan hospitals. - Can be classified according to their ownership or control as government (public) or nongovernment (private) - Other hospitals are providing innovative outpatient services, such as_ fitness classes, day care for older adults, nutrition classes and alternative birth centers - Isa variation of inpatient care designed for someone who has an acute illness, injury or exacerbation of a disease process - Formerly called nursing homes, are now often multilevel campuses that include independent living quarters for seniors, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities Consist of separate houses, condominiums or apartments for residents. - Residents live relatively independently however many of these facilities offer meals, laundry services, nursing care, transportation and social services Ri Serve many functions and many age groups. Some day care centers provide care for infants and children while parents work, - Other centers provide care and nutrition for adults who cannot be left at home alone but do not need to be in an institution LS emer! Originally, a hospice was a place for travellers to rest. Recently the term has come to mean interprofessional health care service for the dying, provided in the home or another health core setting. - The central concept of the hospice movement, as distinct from the acute care model, is not saving life but improving or maintaining the quality of life until death