US Health Care Systems Exam :
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what is health? - Answers -✔✔ optimal capacity of an individual to perform his or her
expected social roles and tasks, such as work school and household chores.
indicators of health - Answers -✔✔ self reported health status, life expectancy, morbidity
(disease), mental well-being, social functioning, functional limitations, disability, spiritual
well being.
what makes a person healthy - Answers -✔✔ being able to perform his or her social
roles in society
what makes a person not healthy - Answers -✔✔ not being able to perform his or her
social roles in society
what is the medical model of health - Answers -✔✔ absence of illness or disease; what
is not ill health;
under the medical model when is optimal health obtained - Answers -✔✔ when a
person is free of symptoms and does not require medical treatment
determinants of health - Answers -✔✔ environment, behavior and lifestyle, heredity,
medical care
what is the sick role - Answers -✔✔ The expectations of the individual and of society
when someone is sick.
what are the rules of the sick role - Answers -✔✔ 1. Exempt from normal societal role
responsibilities. (When people are sick they do not have togo to work, allowed to sleep,
complain, etc.)
2. Are not expected to get better simply by an act of will, or by sheer decision to get
well.
3. Person must realize that being sick is not desirable and has an obligation to want to
get well
4. Person is obligated to seek technically
competent help and to follow prescribed treatment to get well.
what are the exceptions and violations of the sick role - Answers -✔✔ -People who are
unable to take the
"exemption from responsibility", i.e., parents, important meeting/class, etc.
, -People have barriers to getting help, No resources to seek help, No access to the
appropriate help
-Must want to get better... some people play the sick role for "too long" Chronic Illness &
Mental Illness
-Society blames and labels, therefore, rejecting some or all of the Sick Role, Unhealthy
lifestyles (smoking, overweight, drug addictions)
explain the health care triangle; examples and components - Answers -✔✔ cost,
access, quality
cost - Answers -✔✔ how much it costs over all to provide the care nationally
( 2.9 trillion: total cost of health care from 2013 )
access - Answers -✔✔ location, geographic can i get there?, insurance and financial
barrier, social/cultural language barrier supporting or doing things i don't believe in,
mental capability do i know i need to go to the doctor
quality - Answers -✔✔ higher systematic, subjective, relative,
want to see good and expected outcomes
who receives health care and how do the different populations use health care (gender,
age, racial/ethnic) - Answers -✔✔ elderly use more than any other population
women more than men
children
What are the major components of the US healthcare system? - Answers -✔✔ no
central governing agency and little integration and organization
technology-driven delivery system focusing on acute care
high in cost, unequal in access, and average in outcome
delivery of health care under imperfect market conditions
government as subsidiary to the private sector
fusion of market justice and social justice
multiple players and balance of power
quest for integration and accountability
access to health care services selectively based on insurance coverage
legal risks influence practice behaviors
illness - Answers -✔✔ person's own perception and evaluation of how she or he feels
disease - Answers -✔✔ medical professionals evaluation; requires therapeutic
intervention
acute disease - Answers -✔✔ relatively severe, episodic (of short duration), often
treatable. ex) heart attack
Questions & Answers: Latest Updated:
Guaranteed A+ Score
what is health? - Answers -✔✔ optimal capacity of an individual to perform his or her
expected social roles and tasks, such as work school and household chores.
indicators of health - Answers -✔✔ self reported health status, life expectancy, morbidity
(disease), mental well-being, social functioning, functional limitations, disability, spiritual
well being.
what makes a person healthy - Answers -✔✔ being able to perform his or her social
roles in society
what makes a person not healthy - Answers -✔✔ not being able to perform his or her
social roles in society
what is the medical model of health - Answers -✔✔ absence of illness or disease; what
is not ill health;
under the medical model when is optimal health obtained - Answers -✔✔ when a
person is free of symptoms and does not require medical treatment
determinants of health - Answers -✔✔ environment, behavior and lifestyle, heredity,
medical care
what is the sick role - Answers -✔✔ The expectations of the individual and of society
when someone is sick.
what are the rules of the sick role - Answers -✔✔ 1. Exempt from normal societal role
responsibilities. (When people are sick they do not have togo to work, allowed to sleep,
complain, etc.)
2. Are not expected to get better simply by an act of will, or by sheer decision to get
well.
3. Person must realize that being sick is not desirable and has an obligation to want to
get well
4. Person is obligated to seek technically
competent help and to follow prescribed treatment to get well.
what are the exceptions and violations of the sick role - Answers -✔✔ -People who are
unable to take the
"exemption from responsibility", i.e., parents, important meeting/class, etc.
, -People have barriers to getting help, No resources to seek help, No access to the
appropriate help
-Must want to get better... some people play the sick role for "too long" Chronic Illness &
Mental Illness
-Society blames and labels, therefore, rejecting some or all of the Sick Role, Unhealthy
lifestyles (smoking, overweight, drug addictions)
explain the health care triangle; examples and components - Answers -✔✔ cost,
access, quality
cost - Answers -✔✔ how much it costs over all to provide the care nationally
( 2.9 trillion: total cost of health care from 2013 )
access - Answers -✔✔ location, geographic can i get there?, insurance and financial
barrier, social/cultural language barrier supporting or doing things i don't believe in,
mental capability do i know i need to go to the doctor
quality - Answers -✔✔ higher systematic, subjective, relative,
want to see good and expected outcomes
who receives health care and how do the different populations use health care (gender,
age, racial/ethnic) - Answers -✔✔ elderly use more than any other population
women more than men
children
What are the major components of the US healthcare system? - Answers -✔✔ no
central governing agency and little integration and organization
technology-driven delivery system focusing on acute care
high in cost, unequal in access, and average in outcome
delivery of health care under imperfect market conditions
government as subsidiary to the private sector
fusion of market justice and social justice
multiple players and balance of power
quest for integration and accountability
access to health care services selectively based on insurance coverage
legal risks influence practice behaviors
illness - Answers -✔✔ person's own perception and evaluation of how she or he feels
disease - Answers -✔✔ medical professionals evaluation; requires therapeutic
intervention
acute disease - Answers -✔✔ relatively severe, episodic (of short duration), often
treatable. ex) heart attack
