Health Care Policy Final Exam

What is the most reliable resource for observing medical resources and distribution? - Answer- Darthmouth Atlas What percent of GDP is spent on health care? - Answer- 17.7% How did the affordable care act impact the number of uninsured individuals in the United States? What year did ACA benefits kick in? - Answer- uninsured rates dropped from 44% to 28%. Started in 2014. What are two ways in which we can reduce spending by the payer? - Answer- either lower price of service or lower quantity of goods and services (volume) Fill in the blank: private insurance spending has _________ faster than Medicare/Medicaid spending (grown/declined) - Answer- grown Does the United States have a comprehensive health care system that is available to all citizens? - Answer- nope Spending on health in the OECD (high income countries) was about $4,000 per person on average. The US spends almost $__________ per person. - Answer- $10,000 True or false: inability to pay medical bills is the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the US. - Answer- true What occurred in healthcare from ? - Answer- institutionalization of health care with large hospitals like Bellevue and Mass Gen Boston fluorishing. Prior to this, physicians were private practitioners What occurred between in healthcare? - Answer- scientific method introduced, safer practices in surgery and obstetrics, discovery of insulin and penicillin When was the Flexner report and what did it recommend? - Answer- developed in 1910 via the Cargenie Foundation grant. It recommended university training of physicians, specialization of physicians, emphasis on "science" What did the post-WWII era bring to healthcare? - Answer- financing of healthcare (vs. previous system of bartering), Hill Burton Act, development of Blue Cross in 1939, military healthcare as a right What is the Hill Burton Act? - Answer- It increased the quality of hospitals and improve distribution of medical care What are HMO