HSM 241 QUIZZES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Which of the following are major stakeholders in the health care industry? - answer All of
these
(providers, consumers, insurers)
Which of the following is a subjective notion that focuses on how patients feel? - answer
Illness
Which of the following is one of the three major factors driving rising health care costs
and expenditures? - answer Growth in technology
Traditional medicine is practiced by which types of physicians? - answer Allopathic and
osteopathic
What are the pillars of a healthcare system reflected in the "Iron Triangle" of health
care? - answer Access, Cost, and Quality
Which country had the highest rated health care system according to WHO in 2000? -
answer France
Traditional measures of health include which of the following? - answer All of these
Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 15-34? - answer
Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
Which of the following is true regarding mortality rates? - answer The poor have higher
rates of death than the non-poor.
Which of the following is the number one risk factor for premature death? - answer
Smoking
Each year we spend more on medical care, but the returns decrease over time. - answer
true
We spend about what percent of our health care dollars on public health measures? -
answer 3%
Which of the following is a public health effort? - answer Sewage Systems
What are the leading causes of death today? - answer Heart disease, Cancer, and
Stroke
Which of the following was NOT a primary factor responsible for the decline in mortality
, and improvement in health status currently enjoyed in the twenty-first century? - answer
Availability of Insurance
Why is there a sustained increase in demand for health care services when those funds
could be spent elsewhere and produce better returns? - answer All of these
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the high-tech approach? - answer the
nursing shortage
Which of the following best describes our health care expenditures since 1900? -
answer They have more than tripled.
Why did nutrition levels drop and infection rates increase in early agricultural
development? - answer We were inferior farmers living closer together.
Health care costs have increased faster than general inflation almost every year. -
answer true
Which of the following describes the largest percentage of hospitals in the United
States? - answer Nongovernmental and not-for-profit
Which of the following is a reason why the use of ambulatory care, especially
ambulatory surgical care, has increased since the 1980s? - answer All of these
Which of the following is not an advantage experienced by physicians in a solo practice?
- answer Longer on call hours
Which of the following treatments are NOT included with hospice care? - answer
Curative care
The average size of a U.S. hospital is approximately how many beds? - answer 164
Approximately how many teaching hospitals are there in the United States? - answer
400
Most special care units in nursing homes are dedicated to what condition(s)? - answer
Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
Approximately what percentage of all hospital admissions originate in the Emergency
Department? - answer 45%
Approximately what percentage of home health care agencies are for-profit? - answer
52%
100% CORRECT
Which of the following are major stakeholders in the health care industry? - answer All of
these
(providers, consumers, insurers)
Which of the following is a subjective notion that focuses on how patients feel? - answer
Illness
Which of the following is one of the three major factors driving rising health care costs
and expenditures? - answer Growth in technology
Traditional medicine is practiced by which types of physicians? - answer Allopathic and
osteopathic
What are the pillars of a healthcare system reflected in the "Iron Triangle" of health
care? - answer Access, Cost, and Quality
Which country had the highest rated health care system according to WHO in 2000? -
answer France
Traditional measures of health include which of the following? - answer All of these
Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 15-34? - answer
Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
Which of the following is true regarding mortality rates? - answer The poor have higher
rates of death than the non-poor.
Which of the following is the number one risk factor for premature death? - answer
Smoking
Each year we spend more on medical care, but the returns decrease over time. - answer
true
We spend about what percent of our health care dollars on public health measures? -
answer 3%
Which of the following is a public health effort? - answer Sewage Systems
What are the leading causes of death today? - answer Heart disease, Cancer, and
Stroke
Which of the following was NOT a primary factor responsible for the decline in mortality
, and improvement in health status currently enjoyed in the twenty-first century? - answer
Availability of Insurance
Why is there a sustained increase in demand for health care services when those funds
could be spent elsewhere and produce better returns? - answer All of these
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the high-tech approach? - answer the
nursing shortage
Which of the following best describes our health care expenditures since 1900? -
answer They have more than tripled.
Why did nutrition levels drop and infection rates increase in early agricultural
development? - answer We were inferior farmers living closer together.
Health care costs have increased faster than general inflation almost every year. -
answer true
Which of the following describes the largest percentage of hospitals in the United
States? - answer Nongovernmental and not-for-profit
Which of the following is a reason why the use of ambulatory care, especially
ambulatory surgical care, has increased since the 1980s? - answer All of these
Which of the following is not an advantage experienced by physicians in a solo practice?
- answer Longer on call hours
Which of the following treatments are NOT included with hospice care? - answer
Curative care
The average size of a U.S. hospital is approximately how many beds? - answer 164
Approximately how many teaching hospitals are there in the United States? - answer
400
Most special care units in nursing homes are dedicated to what condition(s)? - answer
Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
Approximately what percentage of all hospital admissions originate in the Emergency
Department? - answer 45%
Approximately what percentage of home health care agencies are for-profit? - answer
52%
