MABS VCOM HEALTH POLICY
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as: - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well0being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Definition considers social determinants and includes psychosocial,
behavioral, and environmental impacts
Problems with this definition include: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
WHO
By definition, most people are -------------
In today's society, we have an increased ability to detect and treat
abnormalities which may or may not be a problem. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ not completely healthy.
A study found that ------------ is important to a lot of patients. It helped
61% of people who were depressed or with serious illness. So when we
leave this out of the definition of health, its most likely incomplete. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ spirituality
,Per Dr. Michael mcgee, - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Health is not the
reactive elimination of disease; It's not a simple commodity/service or a
healthcare system.
He defines health as an active state of well-being that encompasses the
mind, body and spirit.
This is very similar to the osteopathic approach to medicine.
Osteopathic medicine focuses on all aspects of health, including:
Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
Policy: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Whatever the government
chooses to do or not to do
Government and policy what can they do - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Regulate behavior
"You better wear your mask", attempting to keep the population safe
Distribute benefits
Things like Medicaid, Medicare, and COVID relief act to name a few
Extract taxes
They extract taxes from your paychecks to pay things like Medicare and
social security.
,Engage in Conflicts
"we like to have our wars from time to time"
Reward Members of Society
Grant money for example
What are some benefits of Policy? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Create Efficiencies
HIPAA. Created standards for the exchange of electronic health
information between healthcare providers and billing companies.
Ensure Services are Provided
Address Inequities
Help allocate resources to underserved areas
Define consequence for bad behavior
-Like speeding tickets
, Where do policies come from? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Value
drives policy; Somebody has to value something in order to develop a
policy.
Health Policy The Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Desired
objective - the end goal
Identify the target - who or what is impacted
Select the policy to achieve othe objective
Design the program
Implement the program and ASSESS
-Is your program doing what it was intended to do?
Examples of Values Driving Policy - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ In
the 2008 Democratic Platform, "if one thing came through in the
platform hearings, it was that democrats are united around a
commitment that every American man, woman, and child be guaranteed
affordable comprehensive care" (DNCC, 2008).
This was their value proposition. The result of this was that they passed
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
EXAM 1 QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as: - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well0being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.
Definition considers social determinants and includes psychosocial,
behavioral, and environmental impacts
Problems with this definition include: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
WHO
By definition, most people are -------------
In today's society, we have an increased ability to detect and treat
abnormalities which may or may not be a problem. - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ not completely healthy.
A study found that ------------ is important to a lot of patients. It helped
61% of people who were depressed or with serious illness. So when we
leave this out of the definition of health, its most likely incomplete. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ spirituality
,Per Dr. Michael mcgee, - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Health is not the
reactive elimination of disease; It's not a simple commodity/service or a
healthcare system.
He defines health as an active state of well-being that encompasses the
mind, body and spirit.
This is very similar to the osteopathic approach to medicine.
Osteopathic medicine focuses on all aspects of health, including:
Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
Policy: - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Whatever the government
chooses to do or not to do
Government and policy what can they do - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Regulate behavior
"You better wear your mask", attempting to keep the population safe
Distribute benefits
Things like Medicaid, Medicare, and COVID relief act to name a few
Extract taxes
They extract taxes from your paychecks to pay things like Medicare and
social security.
,Engage in Conflicts
"we like to have our wars from time to time"
Reward Members of Society
Grant money for example
What are some benefits of Policy? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Create Efficiencies
HIPAA. Created standards for the exchange of electronic health
information between healthcare providers and billing companies.
Ensure Services are Provided
Address Inequities
Help allocate resources to underserved areas
Define consequence for bad behavior
-Like speeding tickets
, Where do policies come from? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Value
drives policy; Somebody has to value something in order to develop a
policy.
Health Policy The Process - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Desired
objective - the end goal
Identify the target - who or what is impacted
Select the policy to achieve othe objective
Design the program
Implement the program and ASSESS
-Is your program doing what it was intended to do?
Examples of Values Driving Policy - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ In
the 2008 Democratic Platform, "if one thing came through in the
platform hearings, it was that democrats are united around a
commitment that every American man, woman, and child be guaranteed
affordable comprehensive care" (DNCC, 2008).
This was their value proposition. The result of this was that they passed
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
