HCAD 201 Midterm Exam Questions and
Answers.
Mortality - answer Death
a. Number of deaths
B. age-adjusted death rates
C. disease specific mortality
D. risk factors-specific mortality
Morbidity - answer Measure of sickness and health
a. Occurrences of diseases
B. incidents (new cases)
C. prevalence (total number of cases)
CMS - answer Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Administers Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health insurance Program (CHIP).
DHHS - answer Department of Health and Human Services
CDC - answer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NIH - answer National Institutes of Health
VHA - answer Veterans Health Administration
DRGs - answer Diagnosis Related Groups
RUGs - answer resource utilization groups
ICD-10 - answer international classification of diseases-10th revision
DSM-V - answer Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MDS - answer minimum data set
RAI - answer resident assessment instrument
FFS - answer fee for service
PPS - answer Prospective Payment System
ACOs - answer Accountable Care Organizations
, MCOs - answer Managed Care Organizations
SSDI - answer Social Security Disability Insurance
HIPAA - answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
MMA - answer Medicare Modernization Act
The per capita spending in the U.S (percentage of GDP) on healthcare - answer - 2014
GDP of the U.S. = $17.4 trillion
- 2014 spending on health care in the U.S. = 18% of GDP or $3.132 trillion
- 2022 projections for spending by CMS = $5 trillion
Various ways the U.S. has tried to contain health care costs - answer - 1970s = supply
regulation
- 1980s = price regulation/price fixing
- 1990s = behavior modification
Keswick’s Triangle - answer health care (quality, access, and cost)
Effects when you "pull" on one corner of the triangle; relationships between 3 elements
Public policy - answer in the public sector
•A course of purposeful activity
•A series of decisions and ACTIONS
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