PHC 4101 Module 5 Quiz with 100%
complete solutions graded A+
AMA - correct answer ✔✔- Mid 1800s
- Standards of care were initiated
- Argued against national health insurance in 1900s
Civil War - correct answer ✔✔Catalyzed growth and evolution of hospitals
- previously reserved for mentally ill or destitute ill
Hill-Burton Act - correct answer ✔✔- 1947
- Funded hospital and other health care facility construction
Prepaid Hospital Service Plan - correct answer ✔✔- 1929
-Became model for Blue Cross Blue Shield
Funding and Structure - correct answer ✔✔- Private expenditures: 54%
- Government sources: 47%
- Private/public insurance supports 84% of population
Private Insurance - correct answer ✔✔- Covers 58% of population
- Accounts for 33% of total healthcare expenditures
US Health Care System - correct answer ✔✔- More costly than any other industrialized country
($3.35 trillion)
, - Constitutes the single largest service vector in US
- Second largest industry only passed by durable goods/manufacturing
- Spends twice as much of its GDP on healthcare as does UK
- Does NOT have: healthier people, better access to healthcare, less medical errors
Medicare - correct answer ✔✔- 1965
- 65+
- Administered by federal government
- Uses private insurance companies across US under contract for administration
-> contribute a portion of payroll tax throughout working lives
Medicare Parts - correct answer ✔✔A - Ambulance
B - Physician and out patient
C - Managed care
D - Drugs
Medicare Issues - correct answer ✔✔- High-cost sharing equipments
- A: deductibles
- B: monthly premiums
- D: cost-sharing/copays
- Gaps in benefits
- Limited long-term care
- No hearing aids, glasses, or dental
complete solutions graded A+
AMA - correct answer ✔✔- Mid 1800s
- Standards of care were initiated
- Argued against national health insurance in 1900s
Civil War - correct answer ✔✔Catalyzed growth and evolution of hospitals
- previously reserved for mentally ill or destitute ill
Hill-Burton Act - correct answer ✔✔- 1947
- Funded hospital and other health care facility construction
Prepaid Hospital Service Plan - correct answer ✔✔- 1929
-Became model for Blue Cross Blue Shield
Funding and Structure - correct answer ✔✔- Private expenditures: 54%
- Government sources: 47%
- Private/public insurance supports 84% of population
Private Insurance - correct answer ✔✔- Covers 58% of population
- Accounts for 33% of total healthcare expenditures
US Health Care System - correct answer ✔✔- More costly than any other industrialized country
($3.35 trillion)
, - Constitutes the single largest service vector in US
- Second largest industry only passed by durable goods/manufacturing
- Spends twice as much of its GDP on healthcare as does UK
- Does NOT have: healthier people, better access to healthcare, less medical errors
Medicare - correct answer ✔✔- 1965
- 65+
- Administered by federal government
- Uses private insurance companies across US under contract for administration
-> contribute a portion of payroll tax throughout working lives
Medicare Parts - correct answer ✔✔A - Ambulance
B - Physician and out patient
C - Managed care
D - Drugs
Medicare Issues - correct answer ✔✔- High-cost sharing equipments
- A: deductibles
- B: monthly premiums
- D: cost-sharing/copays
- Gaps in benefits
- Limited long-term care
- No hearing aids, glasses, or dental
