MHA 708 Exam D questions with correct answers
What proportion of insured Americans have private health insurance?
Correct Answer-62%
What proportion of insured Americans have public health insurance?
Correct Answer-28%
What were the four major impacts of the recent healthcare reform
(ACA)? Correct Answer-1. <26 y/o can be on parent's plan
2. ACA Marketplace Plans introduced
3. Pre-existing conditions "eliminated"
4. Uninsured at < 9 % after ACA
The US spends XX% of GDP on HC (NHE) annually. In covid, this was
inflated to XX% in 2020. Correct Answer-18.5% ; 19.2%
The US spends $XXXXX per capita on HC. In 2020, this was inflated to
$XXXXX due to covid. Correct Answer-$11,700 ; $12,530
What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from private
insurance? Correct Answer-32%
What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from government
payors? Correct Answer-40%
(medicare 21%, medicaid 16%, other 3%)
, What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from OOP? Correct
Answer-11%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to hospitals? Correct
Answer-31%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to physicians?
Correct Answer-20%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to pharma? Correct
Answer-10%
What factors in America contribute to high healthcare costs? Correct
Answer-*Emphasis on curing disease rather than maintaining wellness
(reactive)
*Extensive use of technology in delivering healthcare
*Inefficiency of a multiple third-party payer system
*Increase in the elderly population and accompanying chronic illness
(demographic shift)
*Waste and abuse within the system, resulting in part from practice
variations across geographic areas (who's at fault?)
*General inflation
*Practice of defensive medicine
*PRICE is #1 driver of HC cost
What proportion of insured Americans have private health insurance?
Correct Answer-62%
What proportion of insured Americans have public health insurance?
Correct Answer-28%
What were the four major impacts of the recent healthcare reform
(ACA)? Correct Answer-1. <26 y/o can be on parent's plan
2. ACA Marketplace Plans introduced
3. Pre-existing conditions "eliminated"
4. Uninsured at < 9 % after ACA
The US spends XX% of GDP on HC (NHE) annually. In covid, this was
inflated to XX% in 2020. Correct Answer-18.5% ; 19.2%
The US spends $XXXXX per capita on HC. In 2020, this was inflated to
$XXXXX due to covid. Correct Answer-$11,700 ; $12,530
What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from private
insurance? Correct Answer-32%
What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from government
payors? Correct Answer-40%
(medicare 21%, medicaid 16%, other 3%)
, What percent of the money for US healthcare comes from OOP? Correct
Answer-11%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to hospitals? Correct
Answer-31%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to physicians?
Correct Answer-20%
What percent of the money spent in healthcare goes to pharma? Correct
Answer-10%
What factors in America contribute to high healthcare costs? Correct
Answer-*Emphasis on curing disease rather than maintaining wellness
(reactive)
*Extensive use of technology in delivering healthcare
*Inefficiency of a multiple third-party payer system
*Increase in the elderly population and accompanying chronic illness
(demographic shift)
*Waste and abuse within the system, resulting in part from practice
variations across geographic areas (who's at fault?)
*General inflation
*Practice of defensive medicine
*PRICE is #1 driver of HC cost
