MHA 707 EXAM 2 BOST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2023/2024
Community-based care - ANSWER-self and ambulatory care
Hospital based care - ANSWER-inpatient acute care
Postacute care - ANSWER-long-term care, ambulatory rehab centers, long term care hospitals
Self-care (80-95% of health problems stop here) - ANSWER-OTC meds, vitamins and supplements and
change of habits
Ambulatory healthcare - ANSWER-medical services performed without admission to a hospital or other
health care facility for an overnight stay
Freq settings for ambulatory care - ANSWER-physician offices, emergency departments, and hospital
outpatient clinics
Emerging and expanding ambulatory HC - ANSWER-telehealth, physician home visits, retail pharmacies,
diagnostic imaging and laboratory centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and urgent care centers
Most freq reasons for visits - ANSWER-general medical exam, routine prenatal, post op, medication,
cough, well baby exams, hypertension, knee symptoms, and pre-op visit
Majority of OVs in NE - ANSWER->65 and female
Majority of ED - ANSWER-visits occur in NFP 70.9%
How many ED visits are taught IN hospitals? - ANSWER-around 15%
,in 2016, how many patients are insured - ANSWER-the majority. 85% were private ins, Medicaid and
Medicare. Only 8.4% had no ins.
ED functions related to providing highly technical resources for acutely ill persons - ANSWER-life
threatening, prompt hospitalizations, and serve as secondary private physician's office.
ED functions related to restricted access to HC - ANSWER-cannot reach private physician, reg clinic is not
open or available, geographically isolated, or have no ins so no place to go when sick.
Top 3 reasons for visits to ED - ANSWER-abdominal pains, chest pain, or fever
Level of urgency- Level I - ANSWER-Resuscitation
Level of urgency- Level II - ANSWER-emergent (likely to deteriorate and/or time sensitive)
Level of urgency- Level III - ANSWER-urgent (stable but complex)
Level of urgency- Level IV - ANSWER-semi-urgent (stable, one level of diagnosis or significant pain-
lacerations/pain when voiding)
Level of urgency- Level V - ANSWER-non-urgent
Most ED visits are considered? - ANSWER-level 3 or level 4
Medicare and Medicaid - ANSWER-more likely to be level II (and most likely to be persons over 65)
in 2017, less than __ of the population experience an overnight stay in a hospital during a 12mo period -
ANSWER-10%
, account for about 1/3 of national health expenditures - ANSWER-hospitals in 2017
AHA classifies hospitals as one of 4 types based on primary function of its diagnostic therapeutic services
- ANSWER-general, special, rehab and chronic disease, and psychiatric.
General - ANSWER-patients presenting with a variety of medical conditions
Special - ANSWER-patient who have specified medical conditions (cardiac hospital)
Rehab ad chronic disease - ANSWER-handicapped or disabled individuals requiring restorative and
adjustive services
psychiatric - ANSWER-patients who have psychiatric-related illnesses
hospitals are categorized by - ANSWER--ownership and control
-# of beds
-average length of patient stay
-annual admissions
-average daily census
Ownership and control - ANSWER-the AHA defines control as the type of organization responsible for
establishing policy concerning the overall operation of hospitals
What are the three major categories of ownership and control? - ANSWER-Government, non-
government NP, and non-government FP
Community hospital (85%) - ANSWER-All nonfederal, short-term general, and special hospitals whose
facilities and services are available to the public (gyno, ENT, rehab, orthopedic, and short term general
hospitals are considered community hospitals)
Community Hospital- % of beds - ANSWER-NFP- 68.2% FP- 17.8% and State/local- 14%
ANSWERS 2023/2024
Community-based care - ANSWER-self and ambulatory care
Hospital based care - ANSWER-inpatient acute care
Postacute care - ANSWER-long-term care, ambulatory rehab centers, long term care hospitals
Self-care (80-95% of health problems stop here) - ANSWER-OTC meds, vitamins and supplements and
change of habits
Ambulatory healthcare - ANSWER-medical services performed without admission to a hospital or other
health care facility for an overnight stay
Freq settings for ambulatory care - ANSWER-physician offices, emergency departments, and hospital
outpatient clinics
Emerging and expanding ambulatory HC - ANSWER-telehealth, physician home visits, retail pharmacies,
diagnostic imaging and laboratory centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and urgent care centers
Most freq reasons for visits - ANSWER-general medical exam, routine prenatal, post op, medication,
cough, well baby exams, hypertension, knee symptoms, and pre-op visit
Majority of OVs in NE - ANSWER->65 and female
Majority of ED - ANSWER-visits occur in NFP 70.9%
How many ED visits are taught IN hospitals? - ANSWER-around 15%
,in 2016, how many patients are insured - ANSWER-the majority. 85% were private ins, Medicaid and
Medicare. Only 8.4% had no ins.
ED functions related to providing highly technical resources for acutely ill persons - ANSWER-life
threatening, prompt hospitalizations, and serve as secondary private physician's office.
ED functions related to restricted access to HC - ANSWER-cannot reach private physician, reg clinic is not
open or available, geographically isolated, or have no ins so no place to go when sick.
Top 3 reasons for visits to ED - ANSWER-abdominal pains, chest pain, or fever
Level of urgency- Level I - ANSWER-Resuscitation
Level of urgency- Level II - ANSWER-emergent (likely to deteriorate and/or time sensitive)
Level of urgency- Level III - ANSWER-urgent (stable but complex)
Level of urgency- Level IV - ANSWER-semi-urgent (stable, one level of diagnosis or significant pain-
lacerations/pain when voiding)
Level of urgency- Level V - ANSWER-non-urgent
Most ED visits are considered? - ANSWER-level 3 or level 4
Medicare and Medicaid - ANSWER-more likely to be level II (and most likely to be persons over 65)
in 2017, less than __ of the population experience an overnight stay in a hospital during a 12mo period -
ANSWER-10%
, account for about 1/3 of national health expenditures - ANSWER-hospitals in 2017
AHA classifies hospitals as one of 4 types based on primary function of its diagnostic therapeutic services
- ANSWER-general, special, rehab and chronic disease, and psychiatric.
General - ANSWER-patients presenting with a variety of medical conditions
Special - ANSWER-patient who have specified medical conditions (cardiac hospital)
Rehab ad chronic disease - ANSWER-handicapped or disabled individuals requiring restorative and
adjustive services
psychiatric - ANSWER-patients who have psychiatric-related illnesses
hospitals are categorized by - ANSWER--ownership and control
-# of beds
-average length of patient stay
-annual admissions
-average daily census
Ownership and control - ANSWER-the AHA defines control as the type of organization responsible for
establishing policy concerning the overall operation of hospitals
What are the three major categories of ownership and control? - ANSWER-Government, non-
government NP, and non-government FP
Community hospital (85%) - ANSWER-All nonfederal, short-term general, and special hospitals whose
facilities and services are available to the public (gyno, ENT, rehab, orthopedic, and short term general
hospitals are considered community hospitals)
Community Hospital- % of beds - ANSWER-NFP- 68.2% FP- 17.8% and State/local- 14%
