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From the Ted Talk by Mitchell Katz: What the US health care system assumes about you
Unscramble the Blue Letters
It's impossible for me to take good care of a patient who is hslemoes and living on the street. The right prescription for a homeless patient is housing. In Los aeenlgs, we housed 4,700 chronically homeless persons suffering from medical illness, mteanl illness, addiction. When we housed them, we found that overall helath care costs, including the hsouing, decreased. That's because they had many fewer hospital visits, both in the emergency room and on the itinapent service. And we gave them back their dignity. No extra charge for that.
Open Cloze
It's impossible for me to take good care of a patient who is ________ and living on the street. The right prescription for a homeless patient is housing. In Los _______, we housed 4,700 chronically homeless persons suffering from medical illness, ______ illness, addiction. When we housed them, we found that overall ______ care costs, including the _______, decreased. That's because they had many fewer hospital visits, both in the emergency room and on the _________ service. And we gave them back their dignity. No extra charge for that.
Solution
- health
- housing
- angeles
- mental
- inpatient
- homeless
Original Text
It's impossible for me to take good care of a patient who is homeless and living on the street. The right prescription for a homeless patient is housing. In Los Angeles, we housed 4,700 chronically homeless persons suffering from medical illness, mental illness, addiction. When we housed them, we found that overall health care costs, including the housing, decreased. That's because they had many fewer hospital visits, both in the emergency room and on the inpatient service. And we gave them back their dignity. No extra charge for that.
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