MHA 707 CHAPTER 7 questions with verified answers
"Gold standard" Ans✓✓✓ Best performance
•Efficiency is either allocative or production Ans✓✓✓ TRUE
•Electronic Health Record (EHR) Ans✓✓✓ •Contains everything in the EMR and
more
•Goes beyond standard clinical data collected in provider's office and provides a
broader view of patient's care
•Electronic Medical Record (EMR)* Ans✓✓✓ •Digital version of the paper charts
in the clinician's office
•Structure* Ans✓✓✓ is meant to designate the conditions under which care is
provided
•Material resources, such as facilities and equipment
•Human resources, such as number and qualities of professional and support
personnel providing health care
Age-adjusted mortality rate* Ans✓✓✓ •Takes into account the population's age
distribution when calculating mortality rate
Allocative efficiency Ans✓✓✓ concerns attaining the most valued mix of health
care services offered
, Baker & Chassin Ans✓✓✓ Although the goal of medicine is to improve health
outcomes for patients, using outcome measures for accountability requires
extreme care. We must approach this task as rigorously as has been done for
process measures if we are going to identify and reward providers who achieve
the best outcomes and use measurement to drive quality improvement
Benchmark Ans✓✓✓ a starting point from which to begin the comparison
(usually implies "average", might even be "mediocre")
Clinical Outcome Studies Ans✓✓✓ indicate the quality of the health care
received by patients— answering these questions:
Clinical outcomes Ans✓✓✓ result from medical interventions for particular
health conditions
Clinical outcomes Ans✓✓✓ scientifically valid methods, indicate the quality of
the health care received by patients
Clinical outcomes differ to population health outcome because Ans✓✓✓ begins
with the provider-patient interaction and its subsequent clinical pro-cesses and
outcomes.
Clinical Practice Guidelines Ans✓✓✓ statements that include recommendations
intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of
evidence and an assessment of the benefit and harms of alternative care options
Cost of HC administration remarkably higher in US than other countries (8% in US
vs. 3% avg. elsewhere Ans✓✓✓ True
"Gold standard" Ans✓✓✓ Best performance
•Efficiency is either allocative or production Ans✓✓✓ TRUE
•Electronic Health Record (EHR) Ans✓✓✓ •Contains everything in the EMR and
more
•Goes beyond standard clinical data collected in provider's office and provides a
broader view of patient's care
•Electronic Medical Record (EMR)* Ans✓✓✓ •Digital version of the paper charts
in the clinician's office
•Structure* Ans✓✓✓ is meant to designate the conditions under which care is
provided
•Material resources, such as facilities and equipment
•Human resources, such as number and qualities of professional and support
personnel providing health care
Age-adjusted mortality rate* Ans✓✓✓ •Takes into account the population's age
distribution when calculating mortality rate
Allocative efficiency Ans✓✓✓ concerns attaining the most valued mix of health
care services offered
, Baker & Chassin Ans✓✓✓ Although the goal of medicine is to improve health
outcomes for patients, using outcome measures for accountability requires
extreme care. We must approach this task as rigorously as has been done for
process measures if we are going to identify and reward providers who achieve
the best outcomes and use measurement to drive quality improvement
Benchmark Ans✓✓✓ a starting point from which to begin the comparison
(usually implies "average", might even be "mediocre")
Clinical Outcome Studies Ans✓✓✓ indicate the quality of the health care
received by patients— answering these questions:
Clinical outcomes Ans✓✓✓ result from medical interventions for particular
health conditions
Clinical outcomes Ans✓✓✓ scientifically valid methods, indicate the quality of
the health care received by patients
Clinical outcomes differ to population health outcome because Ans✓✓✓ begins
with the provider-patient interaction and its subsequent clinical pro-cesses and
outcomes.
Clinical Practice Guidelines Ans✓✓✓ statements that include recommendations
intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of
evidence and an assessment of the benefit and harms of alternative care options
Cost of HC administration remarkably higher in US than other countries (8% in US
vs. 3% avg. elsewhere Ans✓✓✓ True
