HCM TEST WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Medical services performed without admission to a hospital or other health care facility
for an overnight stay
● More physician-patient contacts occur in this setting - Answer-Ambulatory Care
Two main types of ambulatory care - Answer-Private physicians in solo practice or
partnership
- fee or service based
- or per patient based
Care provided in a setting identified independently from the individual physician (salary
based)
- hospital, community, neighborhood health center, local public health, mental health
centers
Care at hospital ED - Answer-Care to critically ill and injured patients
servers as a secondary physicians office with more equip tools
can also provide care to people who cant reach their physicians or have no insurance
coverage
ESI (emergency service index) - Answer-triage is a five level ED triage algorithm to
prodive clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups from 1 (most urgent)
to 5 (least urgent) on the basis of acuity and resource needs
Implemented in 2000 and is being used more and more
TB control
Child health and immunizations
Prenatal Care
STD control
And mental health are all functions under what departments - Answer-Public Health
In 2024 there were 22.8M employed health care workers - Answer-39.3% in hospitals
17.6% in practitioners office
12.1% nursing or residential centers
7.6% home health
, 10.1% in other health care services
RN's → 3,300,100
LPNs and LVNs → 657,800
270,400 EMT
337,700 Pharmacists
2024
11% of doctors are DO's and 28% of med students are at a DO school
71% increase sinse 2014
PCP main roles - Answer-Provide Integrated and accessible health care services by
clinicians who are addressing a large majority of personal health needs
most common form of healthcare
GATEKEEP FUNCTION --> makes referrals for specialized care
--> goal may be to reduce referrals and focus on preventative care
RN vs LPN vs NP vs Nurses Aide - Answer-RN → licensed with associates or bachelors
in nursing
LPN → licensed practical nurse, aka a vocational nurse, 12-18 month program after
high school graduation, lower skill and knowledge than RN
NP → nurse practitioner, can diagnose and manage most common and many chronic
illnesses, either independently or as part of a health care team
Nurses aide → no diploma needed
16. Describe what a physician assistant does - Answer--conduct physician exams,
diagnose and tx illnesses, order and interpret tests counsel on preventative health care,
assist in surgery and can write prescriptions
-growing field
Explain where the federal government derives its powers regarding health care -
Answer-Powers are limited and provided in the US consitution
Can tax and spend to provide for the general welfare of the country (both are article 1
section 8)
provides for sick, mental ill, native Americans on reservations, short and long term
elderly care infectious disease control
less involved than any other country
What has police power and what is It - Answer-states do
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not nearly the absence of
disease or infirmity - Answer-Health from WHO
ANSWERS
Medical services performed without admission to a hospital or other health care facility
for an overnight stay
● More physician-patient contacts occur in this setting - Answer-Ambulatory Care
Two main types of ambulatory care - Answer-Private physicians in solo practice or
partnership
- fee or service based
- or per patient based
Care provided in a setting identified independently from the individual physician (salary
based)
- hospital, community, neighborhood health center, local public health, mental health
centers
Care at hospital ED - Answer-Care to critically ill and injured patients
servers as a secondary physicians office with more equip tools
can also provide care to people who cant reach their physicians or have no insurance
coverage
ESI (emergency service index) - Answer-triage is a five level ED triage algorithm to
prodive clinically relevant stratification of patients into five groups from 1 (most urgent)
to 5 (least urgent) on the basis of acuity and resource needs
Implemented in 2000 and is being used more and more
TB control
Child health and immunizations
Prenatal Care
STD control
And mental health are all functions under what departments - Answer-Public Health
In 2024 there were 22.8M employed health care workers - Answer-39.3% in hospitals
17.6% in practitioners office
12.1% nursing or residential centers
7.6% home health
, 10.1% in other health care services
RN's → 3,300,100
LPNs and LVNs → 657,800
270,400 EMT
337,700 Pharmacists
2024
11% of doctors are DO's and 28% of med students are at a DO school
71% increase sinse 2014
PCP main roles - Answer-Provide Integrated and accessible health care services by
clinicians who are addressing a large majority of personal health needs
most common form of healthcare
GATEKEEP FUNCTION --> makes referrals for specialized care
--> goal may be to reduce referrals and focus on preventative care
RN vs LPN vs NP vs Nurses Aide - Answer-RN → licensed with associates or bachelors
in nursing
LPN → licensed practical nurse, aka a vocational nurse, 12-18 month program after
high school graduation, lower skill and knowledge than RN
NP → nurse practitioner, can diagnose and manage most common and many chronic
illnesses, either independently or as part of a health care team
Nurses aide → no diploma needed
16. Describe what a physician assistant does - Answer--conduct physician exams,
diagnose and tx illnesses, order and interpret tests counsel on preventative health care,
assist in surgery and can write prescriptions
-growing field
Explain where the federal government derives its powers regarding health care -
Answer-Powers are limited and provided in the US consitution
Can tax and spend to provide for the general welfare of the country (both are article 1
section 8)
provides for sick, mental ill, native Americans on reservations, short and long term
elderly care infectious disease control
less involved than any other country
What has police power and what is It - Answer-states do
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not nearly the absence of
disease or infirmity - Answer-Health from WHO
