QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is a determinant of health?
Genetic makeup
Lifestyles and behaviors
Physical environment
Utilization of health services
a and b are determinants of health.
All of the above are determinants of health. - CORRECT ANSWER All of the above are
determinants of health.
Which of the following is a compilation of all of the nation's laws?
Executive Communications
State of the Union
Statutes at Large.
The United States Code. - CORRECT ANSWER The United States Code.
The US health care system has traditionally been directed at preventing disease and illness.
True
, False - CORRECT ANSWER False
The central purpose of health policy is to
assure that private markets will determine the production and consumption of goods and services.
enhance health and/or support people in their quest for good health.
favor future generations.
provide a unified position on a given health issue. - CORRECT ANSWER enhance health
and/or support people in their quest for good health.
The amount of health policy related information available to individual consumers has decreased in
the last decade.
True
False - CORRECT ANSWER False
Two important demographic valuables affecting health policy are the changing age structure of the
U.S. population and the
changing genetic makeup of the population.
changing sexual orientation of the population.
growing racial and ethnical diversity.
increasing gender imbalance. - CORRECT ANSWER growing racial and ethnical diversity.