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HSA 4553An employee who is addicted to nicotine and is a smoker could avoid penalties if they
complete which of the following?-quiz question - answer A smoking-cessation
program
Every year, 40 percent or more of premature deaths are related to behaviors.-quiz
question - answer Smoking
This chronic disease can be avoided with weight management-quiz question - answer
diabetes
Community rating based on one employee's costly medical condition-quiz question -
answer geographic rating
Which of the following falls under the cost burden of obesity and subsequent diseases?-
quiz question - answer heart disease
Evidence-based medicine focuses on combining findings and measuring the related
health _______.-quiz question - answer outcomes
The new decision-making model taking place in health care is switching from an
authority-based model to what?-quiz question - answer evidence-based
Physicians _________________ of scientific evidence and awareness of the mistakes
that occur in scientific studies is one reason there is a major shortcoming of
decentralization in the U.S. health care system.-quiz question - answer distrust
What led to the paradigm shift in health care related to the decision-making models?-
quiz question - answer It was discovered that one-third of medical treatments did not
improve health.
Evidence-based medicine could help decrease how ______________ are used by
preventing their use for viral infections, broadening treatment adherence for bacterial
infections, and limiting use of them on animals used for human food.-quiz question -
answer antibiotics
Who lobbied for corporate practice prohibitions?-quiz question - answer physicians
Why does the current malpractice system need to be replaced?-quiz question - answer
it neither deters medical errors nor pays injured patients.
, two principles that support taking responsibility for reducing the risk of malpractice -
answer compassion and justice
-malpractice costs raise the nations health care costs-malpractice awards are pervasive
and irrational - answer malpractice myths
-placing liability on hospitals and not individuals-this far outweighs its disadvantages-
hospital practices drive medical errors more than individual failings - answer
enterprise liability
The _________________________of health insurance for employers ultimately relates
to how expensive the ______________________needs of the employees are. - answer
Cost, Medical
It can be __________ for employers who prohibit unhealthy behaviors in the work place
to require that employees agree to _________ of their smoking, weight, or treatment
adherence status. - answer reasonable; disclosure
on what grounds is it reasonable for employers to require this disclosure? or be
intrusive? - answer when employers have the permission to be, or an employee is on
notice of the employment policy
T or F: Although every state is allowed to penalize employees for smoking/ban smoking
in the workplace or during work hours, most states restrict employers from considering
_______ _________ _______. - answer off duty smoking
There are cases in which banning employment of employees with unhealthy lifestyles is
__________, because if employers would be limiting their applicant pool (ex. as in case
of unskilled laborers...many of which who smoke) - answer impracticable
requires all employees covered under the same employer-sponsored health insurance
plan to pay the same insurance premiums regardless of their health (except certain
wellness programs) - answer wellness rules
Each year, more than 40% of premature deaths in the U.S result from what? name
some types. - answer unhealthy behaviors; smoking, overeating, not taking
medications properly as prescribed
half of the health status or what makes employees healthy or unhealthy is determined
by ________. - answer lifestyles
Employers spend _______ on health care and less than ________ is dedicated to
improving employees' lifestyles - answer $1.9 trillion; 4%
why has the trend of cost shifting to employees started? - answer It is due to the
increasing costs of health insurance (more than doubled)
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