MHA 707 exam C Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

MHA 707 exam C Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)

Question 1:
What department publishes data annually on total health expenditures?
Answer:
DHHS publishes health expenditures known as National Health Expenditure accounts (NHEA).

Question 2:
What is the goal for the NHEA?
Answer:
To measure spending on health care consumption and healthcare investment in the medical sector.

Question 3:
Healthcare spending has
Answer:
Increased in the US since 1960

Question 4:
In 2017 the NHE was approximately
Answer:
$34.9 trillion, 17.9% of GDP, and 10,379 per capita

Question 5:
In 1960 spending per capita was
Answer:
$146 and adjusted for inflation is $1207

Question 6:
The per capita spending is
Answer:
One third of the per capita income

,Question 7:
What did the decrease in spending on healthcare correlate with in 1991
Answer:
The advent of of managed care and its downward pressure on both physician and hospital usage

Question 8:
A tool to analyze the drivers of cost and their increases
Answer:
Cost=Price X Quantity

Question 9:
What proportion of expenditures goes toward investments, a category that includes research and
structures and equipment
Answer:
5% to 10%

Question 10:
What has accounted for the largest share of NHE since 1960
Answer:
Hospital care at about 33%

Question 11:
What accounted for the second largest share of NHE
Answer:
Professional services i.e physician services, at 26%

Question 12:
What accounted for the third largest share of NHE
Answer:
Retail prescription drugs

, Question 13:
What has increased the share of NHE
Answer:
Residential and personal care services which includes ambulance providers and care delivered in
residential care facilities, as well as nontraditional settings such as community centers and schools

Question 14:
The administrative costs in the U.S are
Answer:
8.3% compared to other OECD countries with an average administrative cost of 3%

Question 15:
What is the primary difference between NHE and MEPS data
Answer:
The NHEA attempts to capture all health care expenditures in the US, while the MEPS attempts to
provide more granular estimates of the health care utilization and expenditures of non-institutionalized
civilians

Question 16:
The top 10 medical conditions by total expenditures in 2015 were
Answer:
Chronic disease

Question 17:
What is the second highest total expenditures for NHE
Answer:
Trauma related disorders

Question 18:
Third party payers typically
Answer:
Maintain a network of providers with which they have negotiated contracts