HCM 320 Final Exam Questions And Verified Detailed Answers.

three components of health as defined by WHO - correct answer Physical, social, mental wellbeing Four measures of lack of health - correct answer mortality, morbidity, disability, QALYs Health determinants - correct answer factors that influence one's health status The leading cause of death in the US - correct answer chronic diseases Two types of allocative health policy - correct answer 1. distributive 2. redistributive greatest influencer of the political system in regards to determinants of health policy - correct answer stakeholders Lobbying - correct answer activities seeking to influence an individual or organization with decision-making authority Two types of health policy - correct answer 1. Allocative 2. Regulatory The significance of social well-being as a part of health - correct answer environmental factors Who might a person have an agency relationship with - correct answer their physician legislator - correct answer individual responsible for making or enacting laws Two components of policy formulation - correct answer 1. agenda setting 2. legislation development Agenda setting - correct answer the selection of a health problem as a policy target Amendment - correct answer change or addition to a current law or piece of legislation Where does healthcare legislation go once it has been signed by the president - correct answer it becomes a law Where can you find published presidential and federal agency documents - correct answer federal register policy modification - correct answer revisions to the rules or regulations pertaining to a piece of original legislation to enhance its benefits to the targeted population why is the US health policy not a comprehensive and coordinated area? - correct answer policies tend to be implemented in pieces, addressing market deficiency, at a time rather than in a comprehensive, coordinated matter Medicare & Medicaid were passed by? - correct answer Lyndon B. Johnson Administrative simplification - correct answer Part of HIPAA and ACA, aimed to reduce administrative costs through the adoption of electronic transactions and standardization of operating rules Branch of state government that is the main lawmaking body and also approves the state's budget and fulfills other functions of the government - correct answer legislative branch the power and responsibility of states to establish laws that protect the public's health and welfare derive from - correct answer the constitution "establish and monitor compliance with quality standards for environmental protection" is an example of - correct answer states responsibilities through health policy local legislatures and councils typically have ________ chamber(s) which is different than the federal and state legislatures - correct answer one One of the most common areas for health legislation at local level - correct answer regulations on tobacco __________ is a private corporation the conducts research and analysis to improve and inform policymaking in the areas of health, education, and national security - correct answer RAND The Pew Charitable Trusts support health research in which four policy areas? - correct answer 1. consumer product & safety 2. emerging science 3. food & health 4. medical safety The US had a market- oriented economy which attracts _______________ to carry out key healthcare delivery functions as a profit - correct answer private entrepreneurs The private sector shapes policy more or less than state and local governments do? - correct answer more what do community based projects stress, which in turn helps promote sustainability of the intervention? - correct answer participation & empowerment the leading international authority - correct answer WHO