USPS 943 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● What fraction of surgeries performed are unnecessary
Answer: 1/3
●● how many people receive health insurance thru employment
Answer: 1/2
●● what do we spend the most on in healthcare
Answer: hospitals > physicians > Rx drugs
●● what fraction of costs go to administration
Answer: 1/3
●● what fraction of all $ spent on health services is not necessary
Answer: 1/3
●● T/F
the more money Medicare spent per person in a given state, the higher
that state's quality ranking tended to be
, Answer: FALSE: more money spent per person, the lower that state's
quality ranking tended to be
●● according to WHO, the US healthcare system is ranked .... in overall
performancd
Answer: 37th
●● T/F: US surgeries are the most costly and dangerous. More people
die from surgical complications than car accidents.
Answer: true
●● unnecessary health care, health services provided with higher
volume/cost than is appropriate
Answer: over utilization
●● for every 1 patient saved by screening, how many healthy women
will suffer
Answer: 10
●● we do ....% more bypasses than Canadians
Answer: 67
●● necessary healthcare that is not done, could be due to discriminatory
reasons or lack of trust of provider
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● What fraction of surgeries performed are unnecessary
Answer: 1/3
●● how many people receive health insurance thru employment
Answer: 1/2
●● what do we spend the most on in healthcare
Answer: hospitals > physicians > Rx drugs
●● what fraction of costs go to administration
Answer: 1/3
●● what fraction of all $ spent on health services is not necessary
Answer: 1/3
●● T/F
the more money Medicare spent per person in a given state, the higher
that state's quality ranking tended to be
, Answer: FALSE: more money spent per person, the lower that state's
quality ranking tended to be
●● according to WHO, the US healthcare system is ranked .... in overall
performancd
Answer: 37th
●● T/F: US surgeries are the most costly and dangerous. More people
die from surgical complications than car accidents.
Answer: true
●● unnecessary health care, health services provided with higher
volume/cost than is appropriate
Answer: over utilization
●● for every 1 patient saved by screening, how many healthy women
will suffer
Answer: 10
●● we do ....% more bypasses than Canadians
Answer: 67
●● necessary healthcare that is not done, could be due to discriminatory
reasons or lack of trust of provider
