HSA 3111 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Understanding individual parts of a system as well as how these parts interact through recurring
patterns to produce a whole describes which theory? - Answers Systems thinking theory
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim for populations consists of which of the
following dimensions? - Answers Experience of Care, Population health and Per capita cost
Groups of interacting, interrelate, or independent components that form a complex and unified whole
best describes a - Answers system
System thinking could be applied to health because the model recognized the interaction of which
factors? - Answers Psychological, biological and sociological
George Engel 1970s "biopsychosocial model" was a better way to understand - Answers disease
expression
True/False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an issue, topic,
or outcome. - Answers True
True/False? In the US, the delivery of health services is mostly in private hands, and so health care is
fully governed by free-market forces - Answers False
Health determinants include which of the following five categories? - Answers Policymaking, social
factors, health services, individual behavir, and biology and genetics
Attributes of Complex Adaptive Systems include which of the following? - Answers Agents,
interconnections, self-organization, emergence and co-evolution
Allowing healthcare professionals to assess the interactions and interdependencies among parts of a
system and seek out opportunities to generate sustainable solutions describes: - Answers systems
thinking
One of the most significant health policy changes the past decades occurred with the Ronald Reagan
administrations. Which of the following answer accurately describes the policy change? - Answers
Implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system in hospitals
As the Depression of 1929 shook the nation, it also threatened the financial security of both
physicians and hospitals. Baylor University Hospital created the model for which hospital insurance? -
Answers Blue Cross
The primary purpose of Medicare was to - Answers provide health insurance for older Americans
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main health care concerns? - Answers Choice
Health care in the US dramatically improved during the 1900s. In the second half of the century, the
technological advances led to - Answers all of these are correct
The medicare prospective payment system in hospitals is based on - Answers the American Medical
Association (AMA) or diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) ??
The explosion of science and technology in the 1970s resulted in which of the following? - Answers All
of these are correct
Blue Cross Hospital Insurance, the predominant form of health insurance for decades was modeled
after - Answers Baylor University Hospitals teachers plans
The American Medical Associations initial reaction to Blue Cross hospital insurance plans suggested
that plan - Answers were economically unsound and unethical
True/False? PPOs are the most popular form of emplyer-sponsored health insurance - Answers True
An approach that serves as a catalyst to compel ministries (or government departments and agencies)
to work with the health ministry (or the Department of Health and Human Services in the US) to
address the public health implications and potential unintended consequences that affect the health
of individuals, communities, and the nation describes - Answers health in all policies
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a framework for healthcare improvement in
response to increasing healthcare costs, quality concerns, chronic health conditions, and an aging
population. This framework describes - Answers Triple Aim
An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as - Answers a network of organizations that
provides, or arranges to provide, a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population and is
willing to be held clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and health status of that
population
The United States does not have a well integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery system
everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of US Healthcare Delivery? -
Answers There are multiple subsystems developed either through market forces or as a result of
policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population segments
Understanding individual parts of a system as well as how these parts interact through recurring
patterns to produce a whole describes which theory? - Answers Systems thinking theory
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim for populations consists of which of the
following dimensions? - Answers Experience of Care, Population health and Per capita cost
Groups of interacting, interrelate, or independent components that form a complex and unified whole
best describes a - Answers system
System thinking could be applied to health because the model recognized the interaction of which
factors? - Answers Psychological, biological and sociological
George Engel 1970s "biopsychosocial model" was a better way to understand - Answers disease
expression
True/False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an issue, topic,
or outcome. - Answers True
True/False? In the US, the delivery of health services is mostly in private hands, and so health care is
fully governed by free-market forces - Answers False
Health determinants include which of the following five categories? - Answers Policymaking, social
factors, health services, individual behavir, and biology and genetics
Attributes of Complex Adaptive Systems include which of the following? - Answers Agents,
interconnections, self-organization, emergence and co-evolution
Allowing healthcare professionals to assess the interactions and interdependencies among parts of a
system and seek out opportunities to generate sustainable solutions describes: - Answers systems
thinking
One of the most significant health policy changes the past decades occurred with the Ronald Reagan
administrations. Which of the following answer accurately describes the policy change? - Answers
Implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system in hospitals
As the Depression of 1929 shook the nation, it also threatened the financial security of both
physicians and hospitals. Baylor University Hospital created the model for which hospital insurance? -
Answers Blue Cross
The primary purpose of Medicare was to - Answers provide health insurance for older Americans
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main health care concerns? - Answers Choice
Health care in the US dramatically improved during the 1900s. In the second half of the century, the
technological advances led to - Answers all of these are correct
The medicare prospective payment system in hospitals is based on - Answers the American Medical
Association (AMA) or diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) ??
The explosion of science and technology in the 1970s resulted in which of the following? - Answers All
of these are correct
Blue Cross Hospital Insurance, the predominant form of health insurance for decades was modeled
after - Answers Baylor University Hospitals teachers plans
The American Medical Associations initial reaction to Blue Cross hospital insurance plans suggested
that plan - Answers were economically unsound and unethical
True/False? PPOs are the most popular form of emplyer-sponsored health insurance - Answers True
An approach that serves as a catalyst to compel ministries (or government departments and agencies)
to work with the health ministry (or the Department of Health and Human Services in the US) to
address the public health implications and potential unintended consequences that affect the health
of individuals, communities, and the nation describes - Answers health in all policies
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed a framework for healthcare improvement in
response to increasing healthcare costs, quality concerns, chronic health conditions, and an aging
population. This framework describes - Answers Triple Aim
An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as - Answers a network of organizations that
provides, or arranges to provide, a coordinated continuum of services to a defined population and is
willing to be held clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and health status of that
population
The United States does not have a well integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery system
everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of US Healthcare Delivery? -
Answers There are multiple subsystems developed either through market forces or as a result of
policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population segments
