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A number of attributes can characterize the quality of healthcare services. As, there
are different groups involved in healthcare, such as physicians, patients and health
insurers, they tend to attach different levels of importance to particular attributes
and as a result, define quality care differently. Which of the following is/are NOT
out of those attributes?
A. Technical performance
B. Responsiveness to patient preferences
C. Excess staff
D. Amenities - ANSWER Answer: C
Quality and technical performance refer to how well current scientific medical
knowledge and technology are applied in a given situation. It is usually assessed in
terms of:
A. Timeliness and accuracy of the diagnosis
B. Appropriateness of therapy and other medical interventions is assessed
C. The quality of interpersonal relationships
D. Both A & B - ANSWER Answer: D
, The quality of amenities of care refers to the characteristics of the setting in which
the encounter between patient and clinician takes place, such as:
A. Comfort
B. Comfort, care, and access
C. Comfort, convenience, and privacy
D. Responsive to patient preferences - ANSWER Answer: C
Amenities may cover areas as mentioned below EXCEPT:
A. Ample and convenient parking
B. Good directional signs
C. Comfortable waiting rooms
D. Vast and facilitated food providing area - ANSWER Answer: D
_________________ refers to the "degree to which individuals and groups are
able to obtain needed services."
A. Responsiveness to patient preferences
B. Amenities
C. Equity
D. Access - ANSWER Answer: D
In earlier formulations, responsiveness to patients' preferences was just one of the
factors seen as determining the quality of the patient-clinician interpersonal
,relationship. But now it is translated into many factors. Which of the following is
out of such factors?
A. Respect for patients' values
B. Respect for patients' preferences
C. Respect for patients' expressed needs
D. Respect for Respect for patient's convenience - ANSWER Answer: A, B, C
Efficiency refers to how well resources are used in achieving a given result.
Efficiency ___________ whenever the resources used to produce a given output
are _____________.
A. Reduces, reduced
B. Increases, increased
C. Improves, reduced
D. It is truly situation dependent - ANSWER Answer: C
In general, as the amounts spent on providing services for a particular condition
grow, diminishing returns set in meaning that each unit of expenditure yield ever-
smaller benefits until a point where ________________.
A. No additional benefits accrue from adding more care. B. Additional benefits are
too small to justify the added costs. C. There is a displacement of more useful care.
D. Perfection is within the reach of all individuals - ANSWER Answer: A
"Quality is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations
increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current
professional knowledge." This is the definition of Quality care often quoted by:
, A. IOM
B. IHI
C. HQCB
D. OCHP - ANSWER Answer: A
"Likelihood of desired health outcomes" corresponds to clinicians' view that, with
respect to outcomes, there are only probabilities, not certainties, owing to factors-
such as patients' genetically determined physiological reliance-that influence:
A. The primary concerns of patients
B. Outcomes of care and yet are beyond clinicians' control
C. Outcomes of care and now are within clinicians' control
D. High cost interventions - ANSWER Answer: B
In fact, because patients' satisfaction is so influenced by __________________
rather than to the more indiscernible technical ones-health maintenance
organizations, hospitals and other health care delivery organizations have come to
view the quality of nontechnical aspects of care as crucial to attractions and
retaining patients.
A. Their reactions to interpersonal and amenity aspect of care
B. Patients recognize that they do not possess the wherewithal to evaluate all
technical elements of care C. Every patient has definite preference in every clinical
situation
D. Their likelihood of desires outcomes - ANSWER Answer: A