HAP 200: Chap 7 & 8 quiz

All of the following are examples of alternative medicine except:

Osteopathic medicine

What triggered the downsizing phase in US hospitals during the 1980s?

Prospective payment system

Which of the following statements about hospital utilization is incorrect?

Utilization among the poor is lower than those who are not poor

Which of the following is one of the reasons why services have shifted from inpatient to outpatient over the past 20 years?

Public/private insurance reimbursement changes

True or false: Prior-authorization is a mechanism utilized by payers to discourage inpatient hospitalization and over utilization of ancillary testing

True

What type of care is for "end of life" patients?

Hospice

Gene therapy is an example of what type of care?

Quaternary

Prevention is an example of what type of care?

Primary

Which of the following is a benefit of primary care?

gatekeeping

True or false: Countries in which primary care is emphasized have higher healthcare costs.

False

When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately?

When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical procedures that could not be offered at home

DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what?

Discharge patients quicker than before

Why has the ALOS (average length of stay) declined?

Alternative services like home health and skilled care facilities were developed

True or false: licensure is a legal requirement for hospitals which specifies standards of care and physical environment

True

Hospitals are responsible to which of the following stakeholders?

All of the above (government, accreditation agencies, community)