Health System and Policy

The pharmaceutical industry is a significant driver of revenue in the U.S. 

True

Healthcare spending and health care access vary by geographic regions. 

True

There is no overlap or similarities between health and healthcare in the 18 - 1900s and today. 

False

Which technological advances signifantly impacted health and healthcare in the late 1800s? 

1) Penicillin

2) Telegraph

3) cars and Transportation

4) Internet

2) Telegraph

What places were among the first to provide care for those who were socioecomically disadvantaged, living with communicable diseases and experiencing mental health challenges?

 

1)Almshouses

2) Hospices

3) Hospitalarties

4) Surgical centers

Almshouses

Some medical procedures normally done by a physician can also be performed by a physician extender.

True

Which role or profession requires the most years of formal education?

Question options:

1) Registered nurse

2) Licensed practical nurse

3) Nurse practitioner

4) All have about the same.

3) Nurse practitioner

A pediatrician is a central part of a healthcare team and is also considered a primary care physician.

true

Which of these roles is considered a physician extender?

1) Nurse practitioner

2) Radiologist

3) Laboratory technician

4) Respiratory therapist

1) Nurse practitioner

Nurse practitioners can practice in any state with the same license. 

False

Ambulatory care is also referred to as what type of care?

Question options:

1) Acute care

2) Long-term care

3) Outpatient care

4) Urgent care

3) Outpatient care

In the U.S., inpatient care is growing faster and provided more often than outpatient care.

False

Safety-net hospitals are central to addressing healthcare because they provide care for ...

Question options:

1) Rich

2) Economically disadvantaged

3) Veterans

4) Health maintenance organizations (HMOs)

2) Economically disadvantaged

In the U.S. many hospitals belong to some sort of consortium or healthcare system.

True

In order for a service to qualify as inpatient care, what must happen?

Question options:

1) Surgery

2) Medications

3) An overnight stay

4) A doctor's visit

3) An overnight stay

The United States spends more money on healthcare than many other countries but also gets better health outcomes.

False

The US Veterans Administration health system is much like the Beveridge model of socialized medicine used in Britain.

True

The United States differs from most other countries in that it does not have a central government entity that regulates all healthcare for everyone.

True

The prices for healthcare are much higher in the United States than many other industrialized countries.

True

Physicians in the United States earn about as much as physicians in other countries.

False

The United States ranks in the top ten countries in health system efficiency.

False

The Beveridge healthcare model is also known as

a) Single-payer system

b) All-payer system

c) Pay-to-play system

d) Socialized medicine

c) Socialized medicine

The out-of-pocket model is mostly used in

Question options:

a) Industrialized countries

b) The United States and Canada

c) Japan and Taiwan

d) Non-industrialized [lower income] countries

d) Non-industrialized (lower income) countries

Which healthcare model does the United States follow?

Question options:

Selected

a) All of the above, depending on who you are and what type of healthcare you have access to

b) Bismarck model

c) National health insurance model

d) Beveridge model

a) All of the abo e, depending on who you are and what type of healthcare you have access to

When a significant number of unhealthy people select a specific plan, this can cause healthcare premiums to increase drastically.

True

You always know exactly what an opportunity cost is or will be.

False

A group of people who share the costs of healthcare is known as a ...

Question options:

Selected

1) Risk pool

2) Lateral combine

3) Risky venture

4) Sunk cost

a) Risk pool

You choose to go to a concert instead of doing your homework. This gain or loss is an example of ...

Question options:

1) An economic diffusion

2) An opportunity cost

3) A diminishing marginal return

4) A healthcare output

2) An opportunity cost

The amount you pay [or have to meet] before your insurance kicks in is:

Question options:

a) Deductible

b) Co-insurance

c) Premium

a) Deductible

The portion of a payment you are required - even after your insurance is factored in - is:

Question options:

a) Co-insurance or out of pocket

b) Deductible

c) Premium

a) Co-insurance or out of pocket

The risk pool is a factor in determining healthcare premiums. 

true

The monthly, quarterly, or yearly amount you pay to have insurance coverage is:

Question options:

a) Co-insurance

b) Deductible

c) Premium

c) Premium