HCA 285 Exam #1 Questions and
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What is the current state of the healthcare industry? Correct
Answer: We grade it by four different criteria, health, quality,
cost, and access
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What is the health of the U.S. like? Correct Answer: we have
shorter life expectancies, higher rates of disease burden, and
higher mortality rates than other high income countries. There
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is disparity of life expectancy across racial, ethnic groups,
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health statues, income levels, genders and age, but that may
not be the healthcare system's fault. We are getting better, but
still falling behind other countries.
What is the quality of the healthcare system like? Correct
Answer: We have the highest rate of deaths preventable by
healthcare and higher rates of errors made by medical
professionals. While we have gotten better we still have higher
preventable hospital admissions than other countries.
What is the cost of healthcare system like? Correct Answer:
We have a higher cost of healthcare than other countries, but
don't get the same quality or amount. Other countries spend
approximately 11 cents per dollar on healthcare, while we
spend approximately 17 cents on healthcare per dollar. We
have fewer doctor visits and hospital stays because we spend
more money on other things like certain procedures and drugs.
We are getting better though.
What is access to the healthcare industry like? Correct
Answer: People delay going to the doctor when needed
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because of the high cost. 91% of the U.S. population si now
insured while other countries have universal healthcare.
What are the four parts of the healthcare industry diagram?
Correct Answer: 1) government oversees all aspects of
healthcare
2) patients (controlled by payers) (when answering questions
about this make sure to list the patients because it is patients
categorized by the payers.)
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3) health-care providers
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4) peripheral entities
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2nd part of the healthcare industry diagram: patients
(controlled by payers) Correct Answer: This is in order of how
good their payment method is from best to worst:
Employer insured
individual market insured
CMS medicare
CMS/State medicaid
uninsured (when answering questions about this make sure to
list the patients because it is patients categorized by the
payers.)
1st part of the healthcare industry diagram: Government
oversees all aspects of healthcare. Correct Answer: There is
the US department of health and human services, and there are
the individual state departments of health. The secretary of
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Health and Human Services reports to the president. They
oversee all of healthcare.
3rd part of the healthcare industry diagram: Healthcare
providers Correct Answer: There is Acute care, post acute
care, outpatient care, long-term care, and home health
4th part of the healthcare industry diagram: Peripheral entities
Correct Answer: Insurance industry, 3rd party organizations
and suppliers and manufacturers.
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What does public health administration on the state level?
Correct Answer: They promote and protect the health and
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safety of all Idahoans. They take care of
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Medicaid
Food Stamps
Child Protection
Disease Protection. The specific department is the Idaho
department of Health and Welfare.
Public Health Correct Answer: It is focused on the provision of
healthcare services by the 'government'-federal, state, county
and municipal. The U.S. The Department of Health and Human
Services is a part of it. Within that is the division known as the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They are in charge
of administering the medicare program nationally and helping
to coordinate with individual states about their respective
Medicaid programs.The pinnacle of this type of health is the
secretary of health and human-services. They have access to
the president. They are appointed by the president. Centers
for medicare and medicaid services, office of inspector
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general, food and drug administration, and centers for disease
control. Both types of health deal with these parts of the
department a lot of the time.
Private Health Correct Answer: This is my major. There are six
types of healthcare provider organizations in this sector:
Acute-care hospitals (MAKE SURE TO LIST IT AS HOSPITALS ON
TEST)
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Ambulatory surgery centers
Physician clinics or medical group practices and Urgent Care
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clinics.
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Inpatient and/or outpatient rehabilitation Facilities
Long-term Care facilities
Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
There are two different segments of the Private sector of
healthcare, what are they and what do they deal with? Correct
Answer: Acute Care Segment and Long-term Care Segment: The
Acute Care segment is hospitals, ASCs, Clinics, and Medical
groups. Their purpose is to diagnose, treat and CURE. The
Long-term Care segment is patients' homes, assisted living
facilities, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities. Their
purpose is to help with basic and instrumental ADLs.
What are the main governmental organizations that comprise
the Public Healthcare sector? Correct Answer: A part of this is
The Department of Health and Human Services is a part of it.
Within that is the division known as the Center of Medicare
and Medicaid Services. They are in charge of administering the