The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following EXCEPT:
Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services
Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective
Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
Delivering healthcare services that meet established standards of quality - correct answer ✔✔Delivering
healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as: - correct answer ✔✔All answers are correct
- expensive
- fragmented
- market-oriented
What is the meaning of the term 'Access?' - correct answer ✔✔Ability to get health care when needed
Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States? - correct answer
✔✔None
The U.S. has a mainly public system of financing health care services. - correct answer ✔✔False
Since the final two decades of the 20th century, the U.S. health care delivery system has begun to shift
its emphasis from wellness to illness. - correct answer ✔✔False
What is meant by the term "health care costs"? - correct answer ✔✔All of the answers are correct
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