HSA 3111 FINAL 2 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they charged on a "retrospective" basis.
Now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a predetermined "prospective" basis.
The amount they are paid is based on: - Answers diagnosis related groups (DRGs)
A major obligation of doctors when obtaining informed consent for a medical procedure is to: -
Answers ensure that the patient understands the risks and benefits of the procedure
The development that contributed most significantly to the decline of the social mission of voluntary
hospitals was the: - Answers enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital
care
In health care, which of the following terms refers to a system that includes several service
components with each addressing one or more dimensions of a population's health care needs? -
Answers Vertically integrated
Hospital value-based purchasing now required by the ACA for over 3,000 Medicare participating
hospitals is a program that may be best described as using: - Answers Incentive payments for
achievements and improvements in clinical care and patient satisfaction
In colonial America, the primary functions of hospitals were to: - Answers shelter older adults, the
dying, orphans, and vagrants and protect community residents from contagiously sick and mentally ill
persons
In its landmark report on hospital errors, "To Err is Human," the Institute of Medicine emphasized that
errors in care most typically originate from which one of the following sources? - Answers Deficiencies
in the systems of care
A major trend is hospital corporate organization over the past few years as hospitals strategically
prepared for system reforms has included: - Answers Mergers and consolidations into larger systems
of care
The ultimate responsibility for a hospital's quality of care, including the medical care provided, rests
with a hospital's: - Answers board of directors
"Urgent Care" is best described as care: - Answers provided on a walk-in, extended hour basis for
acute illness and injury that is either beyond the scope of or availability of a primary care practice or
retail clinic
The predominant services of local public health departments today are: - Answers child and adult
immunizations
The primary owners of community-based ambulatory surgical centers are: - Answers physicians
In today's hospitals, outpatient clinics frequently provide: - Answers all of the above
In addition to providing primary and preventive care, federally qualified community health centers
also: - Answers help patients link with other supportive programs and services such as welfare,
Medicaid, the Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program (WIC) and the Child
Health Insurance Program.
The U.S. imbalance between specialty physicians and primary care physicians has its origins in many
factors. Which of the following does not contribute to physicians' attraction to specialty medicine
over primary care? - Answers Higher government tuition subsidies for specialty training
In colonial America, the primary mode of medical education was: - Answers
In 1905, the American Medical Association, with support from the Carnegie Foundation,
commissioned a study of U.S. medical schools in response to decades of concern about the quality of
medical education and training. The resulting Flexner Report is considered a benchmark in the history
of medical education because it: - Answers B. and C.
Medical societies were first established for the primary purpose of: - Answers improving the quality of
medical education and practice
In order to provide direct patient care, physicians are required to: - Answers complete a 3-7 year
accredited residency program and pass a medical board exam of she state in which they will practice
Academic Health Centers may be best described as: - Answers complexes of medical schools and
other health professional schools -- such as nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and allied health -- affiliated
with each other and with teaching hospitals and other research and clinical facilities
Which of the following organizations is responsible for approving the content of post-medical school
residency training? - Answers Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they charged on a "retrospective" basis.
Now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a predetermined "prospective" basis.
The amount they are paid is based on: - Answers diagnosis related groups (DRGs)
A major obligation of doctors when obtaining informed consent for a medical procedure is to: -
Answers ensure that the patient understands the risks and benefits of the procedure
The development that contributed most significantly to the decline of the social mission of voluntary
hospitals was the: - Answers enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital
care
In health care, which of the following terms refers to a system that includes several service
components with each addressing one or more dimensions of a population's health care needs? -
Answers Vertically integrated
Hospital value-based purchasing now required by the ACA for over 3,000 Medicare participating
hospitals is a program that may be best described as using: - Answers Incentive payments for
achievements and improvements in clinical care and patient satisfaction
In colonial America, the primary functions of hospitals were to: - Answers shelter older adults, the
dying, orphans, and vagrants and protect community residents from contagiously sick and mentally ill
persons
In its landmark report on hospital errors, "To Err is Human," the Institute of Medicine emphasized that
errors in care most typically originate from which one of the following sources? - Answers Deficiencies
in the systems of care
A major trend is hospital corporate organization over the past few years as hospitals strategically
prepared for system reforms has included: - Answers Mergers and consolidations into larger systems
of care
The ultimate responsibility for a hospital's quality of care, including the medical care provided, rests
with a hospital's: - Answers board of directors
"Urgent Care" is best described as care: - Answers provided on a walk-in, extended hour basis for
acute illness and injury that is either beyond the scope of or availability of a primary care practice or
retail clinic
The predominant services of local public health departments today are: - Answers child and adult
immunizations
The primary owners of community-based ambulatory surgical centers are: - Answers physicians
In today's hospitals, outpatient clinics frequently provide: - Answers all of the above
In addition to providing primary and preventive care, federally qualified community health centers
also: - Answers help patients link with other supportive programs and services such as welfare,
Medicaid, the Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program (WIC) and the Child
Health Insurance Program.
The U.S. imbalance between specialty physicians and primary care physicians has its origins in many
factors. Which of the following does not contribute to physicians' attraction to specialty medicine
over primary care? - Answers Higher government tuition subsidies for specialty training
In colonial America, the primary mode of medical education was: - Answers
In 1905, the American Medical Association, with support from the Carnegie Foundation,
commissioned a study of U.S. medical schools in response to decades of concern about the quality of
medical education and training. The resulting Flexner Report is considered a benchmark in the history
of medical education because it: - Answers B. and C.
Medical societies were first established for the primary purpose of: - Answers improving the quality of
medical education and practice
In order to provide direct patient care, physicians are required to: - Answers complete a 3-7 year
accredited residency program and pass a medical board exam of she state in which they will practice
Academic Health Centers may be best described as: - Answers complexes of medical schools and
other health professional schools -- such as nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and allied health -- affiliated
with each other and with teaching hospitals and other research and clinical facilities
Which of the following organizations is responsible for approving the content of post-medical school
residency training? - Answers Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
