IV. Choose a word or a word combination from the vocabulary of the text to match

each of the following definitions:

1. The department of a hospital that provides immediate treatment for acute

illnesses and trauma.

2. It is a federal-state entitlement program for low-income citizens of the United States.

3. They are qualified doctors who provide primary healthcare for patients and make referrals to services as necessary, whether for tests or treatments.

4. It is a managed care organization which covers health care delivered by either in-

network or out-of-network providers, but the enrollee's cost is higher when using out-

of-network providers.

5 A patient who is admitted to a bed in a hospital ward and remains there for a

period of time for treatment, examination, or observation.

6 A national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65

and over and the disabled.

7. It is a tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers

in the United States who are enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (the funds

contributed to the account roll over and accumulate year over year if not spent).

8. A patient who receives treatment at a hospital but is not admitted to a bed in a

hospital ward. Large hospitals have clinics at which out-patients can be given

specialist treatment.

9. It is a managed care organization in which health care is covered only

for services delivered by providers in the network according to their contracts.

V. Fill in the gaps with the words and word-combinations from Ex. IV and translate the sentences into Russian:

1. _________ is the main agent of primary care, through whom patients make first contact with health services for a new episode of illness or fresh developments of chronic diseases.

2. _________'s role in financing home care for older people has grown dramatically in recent years.

3. The hospital offers a variety of services including __________ and outpatient care, neonatal special care, coronary care, same-day surgery, a modern imaging department.

4. Patients then rush to ___________, where by law they cannot be turned away.

5. ____________account allows users to save money tax-free against medical expenses.

6. ___________ often serves as the primary health insurer for children with disabilities.

7. One of the weak points of ___________ is that patients can use only doctors and specialists who are associated with the organization.

8. The program provided both inpatient and _________ treatment phases and was viewed as a modified therapeutic community.

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