Diane and Steve care for Steve's elderly mother. They have planned a vacation to
Disney World and cannot take Steve's mom. Which care option should they explore? -
answer Respite Care
The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen: - answer taxed the salaries of
sailors'
Responsibilities of state departments of health include all of the following except: -
answer assuring the safety of food, cosmetics, and medications annually
All of the following are examples of curative research except: - answer Reducing
symptoms for menopause
ADLs are: - answer Activities of Daily Living
Which of the following is not true about cost benefit analysis? - answer It compares
efficacy of drugs versus devices
A diagnosis of mental illness is determined: - answer through a combination of
objective and subjective data
Which of the following is NOT a department of the DHHS? - answer National Eye
Institute
Nursing homes account for ___________% of the total LTC given. - answer 4
All of the following are categories of nursing home care except: - answer ADF
Which of the following is NOT true about worksite-based programs for health promotion
and disease prevention? - answer For every $1 spent on wellness programs, the
employer saves $10 in health insurance costs
20 people died from cardiovascular disease this year is a(n) _______________
measure. - answer mortality
Of the group over age 85 that requires assistance, __________ are in nursing homes. -
answer greater than 5% and less than 10%
What percent of adults age 85 and older require ADL or IADL assistance? - answer
20%
,This agency works to provide health care to people who live in areas where health care
is not readily available - answer Health Resources and Services Administration
Which of the following countries does not have a variant of the single payer system? -
answer Australia
All of the following are true about home health care except: - answer The number of
clients is decreasing
Mexico was in the world spotlight in 2009 because of: - answer The pandemic of the
H1N1 flu outbreak
This agency maintains national health statistics: - answer Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
The first hospital in Mexico was founded in: - answer 1791
Which of the following is NOT true about the Ayurevedic system? - answer Health or
illness depends on eating the proper amount of food in each food group
This medical disorder involves the body, mood, and thoughts - answer Depression
Control describes research designed to: - answer decrease the symptoms/severity of
a disease
All of the following are true about ELSI except: - answer ELSI is concerned with
cost/benefit issues in pharmaceuticals
All of the following are ways a new drug is marketed in the United States except: -
answer asking the FDA to advertise the drug
The mortality rate for mothers and infants in the U.S. is ranked ____ in the world. -
answer 13th
Medical technology is: - answer therapeutic and diagnostic devices used by health
professionals to prevent, treat, and medically assist and diagnose illness
In Mexico, health care is delivered by all of the following except: - answer Ayurevedic
practitioners
All of the following are true about an IND except: - answer it is first approved by an
Institutional Review Board
The medical technology industry employs about _____________ people. - answer
423,000
, All of the following are phases of prevention research except: - answer determining
health disparities
The two impairments most likely to result in the need for residential long term care are: -
answer continence control and transferring
All of the following are settings in which LTC may take place except: - answer clinics
This legislation required labeling of drugs and food additives. - answer Food and
Drug Act of 1906
The oldest national health care system is in: - answer The United Kingdom
The State Care Acts: - answer centralized financial responsibility for the care of
individuals with mental illness in every state government
Gene correction research is being used in the treatment of: - answer Parkinson's
disease
Which of the following is NOT a role of the Canadian federal government? - answer
Pay for dentistry
Which of the following is NOT a center of the NIH? - answer National Heart
Association
Pharmaceuticals are: - answer bioactive agents for therapeutic purposes
Epidemiologists investigate all of the following except: - answer the genetic material
of a bacterium
Several hundred people participate in this drug-testing phase. - answer Phase 11
Health literacy is: - answer the degree to which individuals have the capacity to
obtain, process, and understand basic information and services needed to make
appropriate decisions about their health.
In 2007 the United States spent __________on prescription drugs. - answer more
than $200 billion but less than $250 billion
The federal government's expenditure for health care research equals about _____
billion a year. - answer 30
Which of the following countries does not have a single payer system? - answer
India
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