UAB-NUR 610 MODULE 1 study guide questions
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The U.S. Health System is a patchwork of what? - ANSWER Public and Private
insurance - Medicare, Medicaid, employer private insurance and elements of socialized
medicine (VHA).
Who has the worse ratio of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER China. 1.8
doctors/1,000.
Who has the best ration of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER France. 3.3 doctors
to 1,000. However, they have a shortages of clinicians.
What is the U.S. ratio of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER 2.6 doctors to 1,000.
Of all U.S. physicians, how many are specialists and how many are generalists? -
ANSWER 90%/10%
Characterizes of the Population Health Model include? (5) - ANSWER 1. Studies the
causes amongst groups. The WHY?
2. Analyzes patterns amongst groups.
3. Identifies factors leading to the differences in outcomes.
4. Looks at upstream causes (outcomes might not be immediately visible).
5. Considers determinants of health and what affects them (reverse causality).
The Population Health Model studies these five domains of health determinants. They
are? - ANSWER 1. Social and Economic Environment: Income, education,
employment, culture.
2. Physical Environment: Housing, healthy foods, air, and water.
3. Genetics (can't be changed)
4. Medical Care: Prevention, treatment, and disease management.
5. Health-related Behaviors: Smoking, exercise, diet.
Characterizes of the Medical Model include? (5) - ANSWER 1. Focuses on the
individual.
2. Explores pathophysiology.
3. Reductionist model (searches for cellular mechanisms of a disease).
4. Looks for a silver bullet (cure).
5. Risk factors associated with disease pathways.
6. More reactive to a disease.
, The majority of the U.S. expenditures on health care are in the form of? - ANSWER
Direct medical care. 95%.
What society does collectively to assure the conditions for people to be healthy is? -
ANSWER Public health.
Public health focuses on what? (4) - ANSWER 1. Populations not individuals.
2. Incidence, prevalence, and distribution of health problems.
3. Action at community, and state levels.
4. Determinated by behavioral, community, environmental and social level forces.
Which law gives states primary responsibility for public health? - ANSWER 10th
Amendment.
The issues with State authority over public health are? - ANSWER Fragmentation and
dated laws.
Federal laws can affect state public health, they can preempt what? - ANSWER State
laws. State laws can preempt local laws. States can be more stringent but not less than
federal laws.
A 21 year old goes to a nearby urgent care clinic because of sore throat and
temperature of 101 F. The nurse practitioner performs a strep test, that is positive, and
prescribes an antibiotic. This is an example of which type of acute care? - ANSWER
Primary Care. The first and most general source for routine treatment of illness and
disease (p. 21). Examples could include treating bacterial pneumonia with an antibiotic.
Most countries with national health insurance systems finance these systems with which
of the following? - ANSWER Payroll taxes.
Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in
the United States? - ANSWER Smoking.
Which of the following is a public health, rather than a health care, intervention? -
ANSWER Teaching a free seminar at a community health clinic on heart-healthy
cooking.
Which criteria for payment of health care typically results in wealthier, younger, and
healthier individuals paying disproportionately to finance the care of poorer, older, and
sicker individuals? - ANSWER Ability-to-pay criteria.
To fully leverage the capacity of the health workforce and align care processes to
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The U.S. Health System is a patchwork of what? - ANSWER Public and Private
insurance - Medicare, Medicaid, employer private insurance and elements of socialized
medicine (VHA).
Who has the worse ratio of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER China. 1.8
doctors/1,000.
Who has the best ration of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER France. 3.3 doctors
to 1,000. However, they have a shortages of clinicians.
What is the U.S. ratio of doctors per 1,000 patients? - ANSWER 2.6 doctors to 1,000.
Of all U.S. physicians, how many are specialists and how many are generalists? -
ANSWER 90%/10%
Characterizes of the Population Health Model include? (5) - ANSWER 1. Studies the
causes amongst groups. The WHY?
2. Analyzes patterns amongst groups.
3. Identifies factors leading to the differences in outcomes.
4. Looks at upstream causes (outcomes might not be immediately visible).
5. Considers determinants of health and what affects them (reverse causality).
The Population Health Model studies these five domains of health determinants. They
are? - ANSWER 1. Social and Economic Environment: Income, education,
employment, culture.
2. Physical Environment: Housing, healthy foods, air, and water.
3. Genetics (can't be changed)
4. Medical Care: Prevention, treatment, and disease management.
5. Health-related Behaviors: Smoking, exercise, diet.
Characterizes of the Medical Model include? (5) - ANSWER 1. Focuses on the
individual.
2. Explores pathophysiology.
3. Reductionist model (searches for cellular mechanisms of a disease).
4. Looks for a silver bullet (cure).
5. Risk factors associated with disease pathways.
6. More reactive to a disease.
, The majority of the U.S. expenditures on health care are in the form of? - ANSWER
Direct medical care. 95%.
What society does collectively to assure the conditions for people to be healthy is? -
ANSWER Public health.
Public health focuses on what? (4) - ANSWER 1. Populations not individuals.
2. Incidence, prevalence, and distribution of health problems.
3. Action at community, and state levels.
4. Determinated by behavioral, community, environmental and social level forces.
Which law gives states primary responsibility for public health? - ANSWER 10th
Amendment.
The issues with State authority over public health are? - ANSWER Fragmentation and
dated laws.
Federal laws can affect state public health, they can preempt what? - ANSWER State
laws. State laws can preempt local laws. States can be more stringent but not less than
federal laws.
A 21 year old goes to a nearby urgent care clinic because of sore throat and
temperature of 101 F. The nurse practitioner performs a strep test, that is positive, and
prescribes an antibiotic. This is an example of which type of acute care? - ANSWER
Primary Care. The first and most general source for routine treatment of illness and
disease (p. 21). Examples could include treating bacterial pneumonia with an antibiotic.
Most countries with national health insurance systems finance these systems with which
of the following? - ANSWER Payroll taxes.
Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in
the United States? - ANSWER Smoking.
Which of the following is a public health, rather than a health care, intervention? -
ANSWER Teaching a free seminar at a community health clinic on heart-healthy
cooking.
Which criteria for payment of health care typically results in wealthier, younger, and
healthier individuals paying disproportionately to finance the care of poorer, older, and
sicker individuals? - ANSWER Ability-to-pay criteria.
To fully leverage the capacity of the health workforce and align care processes to
