Settings for Health Care Delivery

ASSIGNMENT

Explore and research the various settings for health care delivery discussed within your text and lecture, then provide a written report (3-4 pages minimum) that addresses the following:

1. What is self-care?

2. What is ambulatory care, and what ambulatory care settings serve the most patients?

3. What are the emerging ambulatory care settings?

4. What is the community hospital, and what is its importance in the hospital sector?

5. What kinds of health problems are treated in ambulatory settings, and how do they differ from those seen in acute care hospitals?

6. What are the five different sectors of long-term care, and what role does each sector play