TEST BANK FOR HIM 410 FINAL EXAM 2026 | ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | UPDATED VERSION | BRAND NEW VERSION!
List the primary objectives of the US healthcare system.1. enable all citizens to obtain needed healthcare
2. Ensure services are
cost effective and
meet standards of quality
Quad-function model of the US healthcare system1. Financing
2. Insuranc
e
3. Payment
4. Delivery
National Health InsuranceGovernment finances care through taxes, but care is through private practice
EX: Canada
Terms in this set (162)
, National Health System Care is supported through taxes but the government is also responsible for
delivery and infrastructure
EX: UK
Socialized Health Insurance Financed through government mandated contributions by employers and
delivered by providers
EX: Germany
Public Health: A wide variety of activities undertaken by state and local governments to
promote optimal health for society as a whole
Private Practice
Organize medicine: concerted activities of physicians, mainly to protect their own interests, through
associations such as the American Medical Association
Defensive Medicine: excessive medical tests and procedures performed as protection against
malpractice law suits, otherwise regarded as unnecessary
Two Types of Physicians: MD: Doctor of Medicine
DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
MD allopathic medicine: medicine is an active intervention
specialists: non-primary care
DO Emphasizes musculoskeletal system, correction of joints and tissues, holistic
health
generalists: primary care
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | UPDATED VERSION | BRAND NEW VERSION!
List the primary objectives of the US healthcare system.1. enable all citizens to obtain needed healthcare
2. Ensure services are
cost effective and
meet standards of quality
Quad-function model of the US healthcare system1. Financing
2. Insuranc
e
3. Payment
4. Delivery
National Health InsuranceGovernment finances care through taxes, but care is through private practice
EX: Canada
Terms in this set (162)
, National Health System Care is supported through taxes but the government is also responsible for
delivery and infrastructure
EX: UK
Socialized Health Insurance Financed through government mandated contributions by employers and
delivered by providers
EX: Germany
Public Health: A wide variety of activities undertaken by state and local governments to
promote optimal health for society as a whole
Private Practice
Organize medicine: concerted activities of physicians, mainly to protect their own interests, through
associations such as the American Medical Association
Defensive Medicine: excessive medical tests and procedures performed as protection against
malpractice law suits, otherwise regarded as unnecessary
Two Types of Physicians: MD: Doctor of Medicine
DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
MD allopathic medicine: medicine is an active intervention
specialists: non-primary care
DO Emphasizes musculoskeletal system, correction of joints and tissues, holistic
health
generalists: primary care
