NSG 411 Exam 2 Questions with Answers (100%
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John Snow Answer: -Epidemiologist and anesthetist
-Investigated Cholera outbreak in London in 1854
-Stopping sewage dumping into the Thames River
-Improved London's morbidity & mortality
High rates of communicable disease
Life span = 47 years
Little prevention or cure Answer: morbidity and morality in 1900's:
High rates of chronic disease
Life span = 76 years
High teen pregnancy and infant mortality Answer: morbidity and
morality 2000 and later:
Long hospital stays
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Recovery complete at time of discharge
Non-profit home care Answer: Health care system in the 1900's:
Short, acute hospital stays
Recover at home or in transitional setting
Proprietary home care Answer: Health care system 2000 and later
Industrial jobs
Substandard housing
Child labor
Limited violence Answer: Social factors in the 1900's:
IT and service jobs
Urban ghettos
Homeless families
Abuse, IPV, terrorism Answer: Social factors 2000 and later
-Inadequate health care insurance
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-Inability to pay for health care services
-Language barriers
-Cultural barriers
-Lack of health providers in a community
-Geographic isolation
-Social isolation
-Lack of communication tools (e.g., telephones)
-Lack of personal or public transportation to health care facilities
-Inconvenient hours
-Attitudes of health care personnel towards clients of low SES/different
cultural/ethnic backgrounds
-Eligibility requirements for state/federal assistance Answer: Barriers to
health care:
-human; health care delivery
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-It is a business & affected by economic influences Answer: Health care
finance is both a ____________ service and a
__________________________________ device which means...
individual preference and finances and how those actions affect cost of
care, and resource distribution Answer: Microeconomic Theory
examines...
Focuses on aggregate behaviors, economic growth, and employment
Answer: Macroeconomic theory focuses on...
federal and private organizations (insurers, employers), as well as
global health organizations Answer: The U.S. Health Care System is
influenced by...
-diseases
-antibiotics and vaccines
-the health care workforce and education, environment, sanitation,
infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and primary care Answer:
World Health Organization (WHO):
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