HIM 410 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
The primary objectives of a health care system include all of the following, except -
Answers - Delivering health care services using the most current technology, regardless
of cost
Which of the following entities in the United States employs lobbyists? - Answers -
Physicians, insurance companies and large employers
In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical
services? - Answers - The uninsured
Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs? - Answers - United
States
In 1984, Australia switched from - Answers - A privately financed system to the
Medicare program
In which country are employers required by law to contribute towards health insurance
for their employees? - Answers - Germany
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet which of the following eligibility reuqirements?
- Answers - Low Income
Which situation is covered under U.S law for uninsured individuals? - Answers -
Emergency treatment for an acute condition
Which of the following supports the current trends in the U.S. health care system? -
Answers - Increasing the use of mid-level providers
True or False? The Affordable Care Act will make every american insured when fully
implemented. - Answers - False
Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services
demanded and the price of medical services is: - Answers - Inverse
Which of the following is a role of the government in the US health care system? -
Answers - Regulator
True or False? The central agency that delivers health care in the United States is
Medicare - Answers - False
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting
themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called - Answers - Defensive medicine
, True or False? Moral hazard has to do with insured patients demand for health care
services - Answers - True
In a free market, who would pay for the delivery of health care services - Answers -
Patients
True or False? In a single-payer system, the primary payer usually is the insurance
company - Answers - False
Reimburment is associated with which of the quad functions - Answers - Payment
Which of the following is a primary function of managed care? - Answers - Achieving
efficiencies
True or False? In a free market, multiple patients and providers act interdependently. -
Answers - False
Which of the following was the main issue that prevented a government-run national
health care program from becoming a reality in the US - Answers - Beliefs and Values
In a preindustrial era, _______ often functioned as surgeons - Answers - Barbers
What was the function of a pesthouse in the preindustrial period? - Answers - House
people who had a contagious disease
Who was the first American president to make an appeal for national health insurance -
Answers - Harry Truman
The Mayo Clinic was the model for delivery of what type of care services? - Answers -
Consolidating specialists
Which of the following was the objective of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of
1973? - Answers - Fund insurance for people with low incomes
True or False? When hospitals first emerged in the US, they were used primarily by the
wealthy - Answers - False
When bills for compulsory health insurance were introduced in several states, they were
supported by labor unions - Answers - True
True or False? Wage freezes during WWII helped promote employer-based health
insurance in the US - Answers - True
True or False? In June 2012, a US Supreme Court ruling settled the implementation
issues concerning the ACA of 2010 - Answers - False
The primary objectives of a health care system include all of the following, except -
Answers - Delivering health care services using the most current technology, regardless
of cost
Which of the following entities in the United States employs lobbyists? - Answers -
Physicians, insurance companies and large employers
In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical
services? - Answers - The uninsured
Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs? - Answers - United
States
In 1984, Australia switched from - Answers - A privately financed system to the
Medicare program
In which country are employers required by law to contribute towards health insurance
for their employees? - Answers - Germany
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet which of the following eligibility reuqirements?
- Answers - Low Income
Which situation is covered under U.S law for uninsured individuals? - Answers -
Emergency treatment for an acute condition
Which of the following supports the current trends in the U.S. health care system? -
Answers - Increasing the use of mid-level providers
True or False? The Affordable Care Act will make every american insured when fully
implemented. - Answers - False
Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services
demanded and the price of medical services is: - Answers - Inverse
Which of the following is a role of the government in the US health care system? -
Answers - Regulator
True or False? The central agency that delivers health care in the United States is
Medicare - Answers - False
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting
themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called - Answers - Defensive medicine
, True or False? Moral hazard has to do with insured patients demand for health care
services - Answers - True
In a free market, who would pay for the delivery of health care services - Answers -
Patients
True or False? In a single-payer system, the primary payer usually is the insurance
company - Answers - False
Reimburment is associated with which of the quad functions - Answers - Payment
Which of the following is a primary function of managed care? - Answers - Achieving
efficiencies
True or False? In a free market, multiple patients and providers act interdependently. -
Answers - False
Which of the following was the main issue that prevented a government-run national
health care program from becoming a reality in the US - Answers - Beliefs and Values
In a preindustrial era, _______ often functioned as surgeons - Answers - Barbers
What was the function of a pesthouse in the preindustrial period? - Answers - House
people who had a contagious disease
Who was the first American president to make an appeal for national health insurance -
Answers - Harry Truman
The Mayo Clinic was the model for delivery of what type of care services? - Answers -
Consolidating specialists
Which of the following was the objective of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of
1973? - Answers - Fund insurance for people with low incomes
True or False? When hospitals first emerged in the US, they were used primarily by the
wealthy - Answers - False
When bills for compulsory health insurance were introduced in several states, they were
supported by labor unions - Answers - True
True or False? Wage freezes during WWII helped promote employer-based health
insurance in the US - Answers - True
True or False? In June 2012, a US Supreme Court ruling settled the implementation
issues concerning the ACA of 2010 - Answers - False
