The U.S. health care delivery system can be characterized as - answer complex and
massive
In the United States, how many people work in delivering health care? - answer2 to 3
million
How many states expanded Medicaid in sync with the ACA? - answer30 to 40
Which country spends the largest fraction of its GDP on health care? - answer United
States
In Canada, the supply side of health care provision is dominated by - answer private
providers
All but five developed countries offer universal health insurance programs - answer
FALSE
An integrated delivery system provides coordinated health care but is not assessed
based on health outcomes in the target population - answerFALSE
The ACA was ostensibly designed to push health care in the United States toward more
integrated care - answerTRUE
The CHIP Program costs about $5,000 per child insured - answerTRUE
The German health care system is administered by the Patient Safety Institute -
answerTRUE
Medical sociologists define health as the optimal capacity of an individual to perform
which of the following? - answerSocial roles and tasks
Which of the following is not a general determinant of health? - answerAbility to travel
If an economist wanted to try to design a health care system based on marker justice,
which country would be the best model? - answerUnited States, with a relatively free
market
Coordinated, integrated care has been shown to help in the management of: -
answertype 2 diabetes
,Which of the following could lead to community-wide health health issues? -
answerLack of social cohesion due to gang warfare
Health care delivery is the delivery of care for maintaining health - answerFALSE
Quality of care, in terms of health care, depends on daily functioning of the patient
before the onset of illness - answerFALSE
Lifestyle/behavioral factors may contribute to poor health include abundant exercise -
answerFALSE
OSHA's injury and illness Prevention Program is an example of a policy intervention -
answerTRUE
Market justice and social justice are concepts that contrast with one another like two
sides of a coin - answerFALSE
Which of the following is not a reason as to why the United States does not have a
government-run national health care system? - answerPressure from international
buddies
Which of the following is not considered an ecological force affecting health care
systems? - answerFamily income
If you were poor in the United States in 1830, where would you likely go for treatment of
syphilis? - answerAlmshouse
Which of the following is correlated with the increased professionalism in U.S. medicine
during the latter part of the 19th century? - answerUrbanization
Telemedicine emerged in the _______ due to the ___________. - answer1990s;
developed of technology supporting reliable, long-distance transmission of images
Handwashing as a requirement in health care arose in the middle of the 19th century. -
answerTRUE
The germ theory disease was originated by Pasteur - answerTRUE
In the United States in the early 1800s, most mental asylums were run by the state -
answerTRUE
Integrated delivery systems provide a full range of health care services - answerTRUE
Professional medical associations, such as the American Medical Association (AMA)
grew in the United States after 1900 - answerTRUE
, CH 2/3 Q
Which of the following is an example of social intervention? - answereducation
CH 2/3 Q
Which of the following are characteristics of the Medical Care Determinants of Health? -
answerWhereas some services (preventive and primary care) contribute to general
health status, others are more influential in end-of-life situations (hospice and long-term
care).
CH 2/3 Q
The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) moved focus away from building
primary care capacity and toward implementing disease-specific interventions. -
answerFALSE
CH 2/3 Q
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as: - answera complete state of
physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.
CH 2/3 Q
What type of justice is based on people's willingness and ability to pay? - answerMarket
CH 2/3 Q
A sudden heart attack would be classified as which of the following? - answerAcute
CH 2/3 Q
One of the Healthy People 2020 goals is to increase quality and years of life. -
answerTrue
CH 4/5 Q
NPPs practice in many areas in which physicians practice; however, NPPs do not have
a medical degree. - answerTrue
CH 4/5 Q
One mechanism to control the growth of technology would be to: - answerimplement
central planning.
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