US Health Care Systems Exam 1 Study Guide
This strategy is used in an infographic to provide information that is direct and easy to
interpret. Helps to avoid distraction from extraneous properties of representation. - -
Simplify
-This strategy was made clear when discussed Dr. John Snow's medical detective work in
which he identified the origin of Cholera epidemic in London. We talked John Snow using
reasoning to comprehend why citizens in London were dying in a specific geographic
location. - -Cause and Effect
-The strategy is important to help to tell a "coherent story." It includes avoiding excess
references to figures and examples by removing them from the flow of the text. The
strategy recommends that when presenting information for comparison, it should be put
side by side. That is, within the eye span, not stacked in time on subsequent pages. The key
is to avoid excess text. - -Integrate
-This strategy is the opposite of information it adds little, if any, information to a message.
But, this strategy is used a great deal in everyday life because we are constantly bombarded
by different media. Offsets noise or any factor in the process that works against the
predictability of the outcome of the communication process. - -Redundancy
-This strategy was described in the handout using Napoleon's failed march to take Russia
as an example. The infographic included the size of the army, latitude, longitude, direction
the army is moving, temperature, and date. Remember the first infographic I showed you
on Educating the Workforce of Future and why that infographic did and good filtering large
qualities or data and information. - -Multiple Dimensions
-The role of the government in the US healthcare system is: - -Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement rate-setter
Major Financer
Regulator
-What is the meaning of the term "access" - -Ability to get healthcare when needed
-When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves
against lawsuits - -Defensive Medicine
-A federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency department to be stabilized
and treated, regardless of their insurance status to ability to pay, but since 1986 has
remained and unfunded mandate - -EMTALA
-Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs? - -United States
, -Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the
United States? - -Smoking
-Which of the following is not a behavioral risk factor? - -Unsafe neighborhoods
-According to the CDC, which factor contributes most to premature death in the US
population? - -Lifestyle and Behaviors
-John Snow is famous for: - -Tracing the risk of cholera outbreaks in London to the Broad
Street pump
-Please pick all of the responses that explain why the medical profession remained an
insignificant trade in preindustrial America - -- Due to the theory of "intake and outgo" that
diseases needed to be expelled from the body
- The generally well-educated clergymen or government official that was more learned in
medicine than many physicians
- Medical training for physicians was largely received through individual apprenticeships
rather than in a standardized medical university setting
-Which of the factors contributed to the transformation of professional power to
physicians in the United States in the early 1900s? - -- Greater focus on science and
technology
- The population shift to a more urban setting
-The delivery of medical care in preindustrial America was governed mainly by - -Free
market conditions
-In the preindustrial era, _________ often functioned as surgeons. The book pointed out that
this particular profession was well-educated and more learned in medicine that physicians
at this time. - -Clergymen
-In the preindustrial era, asylums were built by ______ to accommodate patients with severe
and chronic mental illness. - -The state governments
-The Flexner Report, published in 1910, reported on - -Standards of training in medical
schools
-To control high inflation in the U.S economy during the World War 2 period, Congress
imposed wage freezes. In response, many employers started offering health insurance to
their workers in lieu of wage increases. Employment-based health insurance
__________________. - -Was used as an incentive to attract women to work in the factories at
the time
-Which factor below contributes the most to the rapid growth of the health care sector of
the US economy? - -The aging of the population
This strategy is used in an infographic to provide information that is direct and easy to
interpret. Helps to avoid distraction from extraneous properties of representation. - -
Simplify
-This strategy was made clear when discussed Dr. John Snow's medical detective work in
which he identified the origin of Cholera epidemic in London. We talked John Snow using
reasoning to comprehend why citizens in London were dying in a specific geographic
location. - -Cause and Effect
-The strategy is important to help to tell a "coherent story." It includes avoiding excess
references to figures and examples by removing them from the flow of the text. The
strategy recommends that when presenting information for comparison, it should be put
side by side. That is, within the eye span, not stacked in time on subsequent pages. The key
is to avoid excess text. - -Integrate
-This strategy is the opposite of information it adds little, if any, information to a message.
But, this strategy is used a great deal in everyday life because we are constantly bombarded
by different media. Offsets noise or any factor in the process that works against the
predictability of the outcome of the communication process. - -Redundancy
-This strategy was described in the handout using Napoleon's failed march to take Russia
as an example. The infographic included the size of the army, latitude, longitude, direction
the army is moving, temperature, and date. Remember the first infographic I showed you
on Educating the Workforce of Future and why that infographic did and good filtering large
qualities or data and information. - -Multiple Dimensions
-The role of the government in the US healthcare system is: - -Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement rate-setter
Major Financer
Regulator
-What is the meaning of the term "access" - -Ability to get healthcare when needed
-When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves
against lawsuits - -Defensive Medicine
-A federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency department to be stabilized
and treated, regardless of their insurance status to ability to pay, but since 1986 has
remained and unfunded mandate - -EMTALA
-Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs? - -United States
, -Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the
United States? - -Smoking
-Which of the following is not a behavioral risk factor? - -Unsafe neighborhoods
-According to the CDC, which factor contributes most to premature death in the US
population? - -Lifestyle and Behaviors
-John Snow is famous for: - -Tracing the risk of cholera outbreaks in London to the Broad
Street pump
-Please pick all of the responses that explain why the medical profession remained an
insignificant trade in preindustrial America - -- Due to the theory of "intake and outgo" that
diseases needed to be expelled from the body
- The generally well-educated clergymen or government official that was more learned in
medicine than many physicians
- Medical training for physicians was largely received through individual apprenticeships
rather than in a standardized medical university setting
-Which of the factors contributed to the transformation of professional power to
physicians in the United States in the early 1900s? - -- Greater focus on science and
technology
- The population shift to a more urban setting
-The delivery of medical care in preindustrial America was governed mainly by - -Free
market conditions
-In the preindustrial era, _________ often functioned as surgeons. The book pointed out that
this particular profession was well-educated and more learned in medicine that physicians
at this time. - -Clergymen
-In the preindustrial era, asylums were built by ______ to accommodate patients with severe
and chronic mental illness. - -The state governments
-The Flexner Report, published in 1910, reported on - -Standards of training in medical
schools
-To control high inflation in the U.S economy during the World War 2 period, Congress
imposed wage freezes. In response, many employers started offering health insurance to
their workers in lieu of wage increases. Employment-based health insurance
__________________. - -Was used as an incentive to attract women to work in the factories at
the time
-Which factor below contributes the most to the rapid growth of the health care sector of
the US economy? - -The aging of the population
