FINAL EXAM HSC QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Integrated care embodies the concepts of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous
services that provide a seamless process of care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
If you needed a surgery that was not complex and would allow you to be cared for by
family, what kind of outpatient facilities might you look into? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Freestanding facilities
Community health centers are privately funded. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
A decrease in the incidence of heart disease and an increase in average lifespan in a
moderate-sized city between 1990 and 2010 is likely due to: - Correct Answer ✔✔
greater availability of primary care physicians
Payers prefer patients to use outpatient services due to the increased convenience for
patients. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Primary care covers routine services. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
What type of care is described as "end of life care"? - Correct Answer ✔✔ HOSPICE
Which of the following is true in regards to health care today in the United States? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ There are more specialty physicians than primary physicians.
Characteristics of the medical home strategy include multidisciplinary practice-based
teams and coordinated care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
Going beyond the biomedical model to include social and behavioral sciences is a major
front of development for community-oriented primary care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Mortality is a measurement of secondary care prevention. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
The medical home model emphasizes having a primary care physician as a usual
source of care and emphasizes team-based care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
Domains of primary care include the following except: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Disease
registries
Few efforts related to utilization control factors have been used to reduce length of stay
at hospitals. - Correct Answer ✔✔ false
, Complementary medicine refers to the broad domain of health care resources intended
to serve the community. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Women are admitted to hospitals more often than men even after adjusting for
childbirth. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ b.
Reduce the length of stay for hospitalized patients.
Which of the following influenced the hospital growth to about 1980? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Hill-Burton Act
Why are discharges an excellent measure of access to inpatient care? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Discharges include newborns, who are not included in admits.
Hospitals are defined, in part, by having at least six beds are defined, in part, by having
at least six beds. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Medicare rules allow the designation of critical access hospitals that operate at least 30
beds and provide 24-hour emergency medical services. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
The average community hospital in the United States has how many bed? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ 160
Your community hospital is having financial difficulties and has decided to join the
Medicare program. The first step would be to check if the hospital is: - Correct Answer
✔✔ certified
Church-owned hospitals play a significant role in proving inpatient care in the United
States, with Protestant-owned hospitals in the lead. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Employment in health care and social assistance provided almost 20 million jobs in
2017. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry in the 1980s? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Prospective payment system
The Internal Revenue Code forbids nonprofit hospitals to make a profit. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ False
Most federal hospitals in the United States serve: - Correct Answer ✔✔ veterans
The proportion of osteopathic hospitals has decreased in recent decades. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ TRUE
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Integrated care embodies the concepts of comprehensive, coordinated, and continuous
services that provide a seamless process of care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
If you needed a surgery that was not complex and would allow you to be cared for by
family, what kind of outpatient facilities might you look into? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Freestanding facilities
Community health centers are privately funded. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
A decrease in the incidence of heart disease and an increase in average lifespan in a
moderate-sized city between 1990 and 2010 is likely due to: - Correct Answer ✔✔
greater availability of primary care physicians
Payers prefer patients to use outpatient services due to the increased convenience for
patients. - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Primary care covers routine services. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
What type of care is described as "end of life care"? - Correct Answer ✔✔ HOSPICE
Which of the following is true in regards to health care today in the United States? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ There are more specialty physicians than primary physicians.
Characteristics of the medical home strategy include multidisciplinary practice-based
teams and coordinated care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
Going beyond the biomedical model to include social and behavioral sciences is a major
front of development for community-oriented primary care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Mortality is a measurement of secondary care prevention. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
The medical home model emphasizes having a primary care physician as a usual
source of care and emphasizes team-based care. - Correct Answer ✔✔ true
Domains of primary care include the following except: - Correct Answer ✔✔ Disease
registries
Few efforts related to utilization control factors have been used to reduce length of stay
at hospitals. - Correct Answer ✔✔ false
, Complementary medicine refers to the broad domain of health care resources intended
to serve the community. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Women are admitted to hospitals more often than men even after adjusting for
childbirth. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? - Correct Answer ✔✔ b.
Reduce the length of stay for hospitalized patients.
Which of the following influenced the hospital growth to about 1980? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Hill-Burton Act
Why are discharges an excellent measure of access to inpatient care? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Discharges include newborns, who are not included in admits.
Hospitals are defined, in part, by having at least six beds are defined, in part, by having
at least six beds. - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Medicare rules allow the designation of critical access hospitals that operate at least 30
beds and provide 24-hour emergency medical services. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
The average community hospital in the United States has how many bed? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ 160
Your community hospital is having financial difficulties and has decided to join the
Medicare program. The first step would be to check if the hospital is: - Correct Answer
✔✔ certified
Church-owned hospitals play a significant role in proving inpatient care in the United
States, with Protestant-owned hospitals in the lead. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
Employment in health care and social assistance provided almost 20 million jobs in
2017. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry in the 1980s? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ Prospective payment system
The Internal Revenue Code forbids nonprofit hospitals to make a profit. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ False
Most federal hospitals in the United States serve: - Correct Answer ✔✔ veterans
The proportion of osteopathic hospitals has decreased in recent decades. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ TRUE
