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HCM 320 finalGDP of healthcare is US? - correct answer ✔✔18%
Healthcare ranking of US ? - correct answer ✔✔#36
The criteria for healthcare ranking? - correct answer ✔✔Quality, efficiency, access, equity& healthy lives
measures
Health - correct answer ✔✔State of physical, mental and social well- being
Which health states account for over 60% ? - correct answer ✔✔Social well-being b/c contains
determinants of health.
As a healthcare policy maker what is important to understand ? - correct answer ✔✔Need to know
target population, understand environment, know patients and needs
SES? - correct answer ✔✔Socioeconomic Status: Income, education and occupations status.
Factors of social being? - correct answer ✔✔SES & education
mortality - correct answer ✔✔death rate
Morbidity - correct answer ✔✔incidence of a specific disease
Social Contacts vs. Social Resources - correct answer ✔✔SC-Family members, friends
SR- Directly related to contacts specific needs.
Determinants of health? - correct answer ✔✔Factors that influence ones health status. (SES)
, 4 determinants of health? - correct answer ✔✔SES,environment, lifestyle heredity and medical care.
Which determinant of health most important? - correct answer ✔✔Environment
Factors that influence health ? - correct answer ✔✔-Fixed factors: unchangeable (gender)
- Modifiable Factors: Changeable (smoking, eating)
pubic health - correct answer ✔✔The practice of preventing disease & promoting good health within
groups of people.
And research/surveillance to understand health issues facing groups.
policy - correct answer ✔✔Decision made by an authority about an action. Promote or limit the
occurrence of a particular circumstance in a population
Healthcare policy - correct answer ✔✔Part of healthcare policy focusing of the financial, organizations
and delivery of care
2 types of Healthcare policy - correct answer ✔✔1. Regulatory- Prescribe & control behavior of a
particular target group by monitoring the group. Private health polices can be regulatory (no smoking in
diners)
2. Allocative- The direct provision of income, services or goods to a certain groups of individuals or
institutions.
Two types of allocative health policies - correct answer ✔✔1. Distributive- Spread benefits throughout
society (fundings)
2. Redistributive- take money/power from one group and give it to another. (Medicaid)
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