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US Healthcare System Chapter 7 Exam 2025 Questions and Answers Ambulatory care - ....ANSWER ...-Constitutes diagnostic and theraputic services and treatments provided to the "walking" patient Community-orientented primary care - ....ANSWER ...-Incorporates the elements of good primary care delivery and adds a population based approach to identifying and addressing community health problems Complementary and alternative medicine - ....ANSWER ...-Refers to the broad domain of all health care resources, other than those intrinsic to biomedicine Emergent conditions - ....ANSWER ...-require immediate medical attention; time delay is harmful to patient; and the disorder is acute and potentially threatening to life or function Gatekeeping - ....ANSWER ...-Patients do not visit specialists and are not admitted to a hospital without being referred by their primary care physician (PCP's) Hospice - ....ANSWER ...-comprehensive services for the terminally ill with a medically determined life expectancy of 6 months or less Iatrogenic illness or injury - ....ANSWER ...-Any complication that is caused by the process of health care …FOR STUDENTS ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1