Health Administration Midterm 2026 – Study Guide and Practice Questions
Health - correct answer ✔✔ A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Four major components contributing to health status: - correct answer ✔✔ -Heredity or
genetics
-Environment
-Lifestyle
-Delivery of health care sevices
Environmental Components - correct answer ✔✔ Environment affects health status through
daily interaction
-Physical-Air and water quality
-Social- Social institutions and government regulations
-Economic- wealth of nation, money for research, or personal wealth
The Health Care System - correct answer ✔✔ Organization of delivery of health care services,
refers to the complex set or arrangements in our society that mediate between the human
being and our vulnerability to disease.
The three goals of a health care system are: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. to treat the sick
2. prevent disease
3. set goals for maintenance and promotion of health
Less than ___ of health care dollars are spent on preventive care - correct answer ✔✔ 3%
,The "Iron Triangle" of Health Care - correct answer ✔✔ Access: the ability to use health care
services
Cost: the price of health care services
Quality: how good or bad the health care services are at the time of delivery
The Iron Triangle - correct answer ✔✔ Changes in funding or infrastructure in one vector of the
triangle will produce changes in the other sectors.
-Operates like a balloon. Pressure on one side of the balloon forces the other sides to expand
Most U.S health care dollars are spent on treatment of ____ and _____ diseases. - correct
answer ✔✔ Acute and Chronic
Our health care system is an illness-driven system of _____ - correct answer ✔✔ Medicine
There are two types pf health care services - correct answer ✔✔ Personal
Community (population-based)
Personal health care services - correct answer ✔✔ Focus on the provider and patient
relationship
-ex. is delivered when patients visit their family doctor
Community-, or population based health care - correct answer ✔✔ Health care services are
provided to prevent disease for large groups of people living together in a community, city, or
county.
-ex. sanitation strategies such as developing proper sewage and waste disposal mechanism,
ensuring water quality and air quality, requiring childhood vaccinations, and offering screening
programs.
Local or state public health departments provide most of these services
,Health education and prevention focuses on... - correct answer ✔✔ Changing attitudes and
behaviors to prevent or lessen the impact of disease.
What are the six types of care? - correct answer ✔✔ Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Emergency
Long-Term
Rehabilitation
Primary Care - correct answer ✔✔ is delivered by clinicians in general practice, family practice,
obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and general internal medicine.
Secondary Care - correct answer ✔✔ Is provided in community hospitals, outpatient testing
centers, and specialists` offices
Tertiary Care - correct answer ✔✔ is delivered at large medical centers, referral hospitals, and
teaching hospitals.
Emergency Care - correct answer ✔✔ is provided at the scene, en route, or at the emergency
department.
Long-term Care - correct answer ✔✔ Focuses on the treatment of chronic illnesses and
disability
Rehabilitation Care - correct answer ✔✔ increases demands placed on the medical care system,
as well as the importance of physical medicine
, Types of Preventive Care - correct answer ✔✔ Immunizations, prenatal care visits, exercise,
hypertension control, pap smears, smoking cessation, cholesterol control, mammography, stress
relief
Types of Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ -Traditional
-Complementary (Alternative)
Traditional Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ Medicine is practiced by physicians, both allopathic
and osteopathic.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ is practiced by clinicians,
chiropractors, acupuncturists, homeopaths, naturopaths, and faith healers.
Physician with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree practice____ - correct answer ✔✔ allopathic
medicine
-Conventional or traditional scientific medicine
-Use of drugs, devices, and surgery to treat diseases in order to produce alterations in the paths
of diseases.
Physicians with Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree practice ____ - correct answer ✔✔
Osteopathic Medicine
-Focus is on treating the person holistically rather than focusing on symptoms or diseases.
Complementary medicine uses alternative therapies in place of _____ medicine - correct
answer ✔✔ Conventional
ex. acupuncture, herbal medicine, mediation, massage therapy
Stakeholders are ___ - correct answer ✔✔ Individuals or groups that have investment or
personal interest
Health - correct answer ✔✔ A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Four major components contributing to health status: - correct answer ✔✔ -Heredity or
genetics
-Environment
-Lifestyle
-Delivery of health care sevices
Environmental Components - correct answer ✔✔ Environment affects health status through
daily interaction
-Physical-Air and water quality
-Social- Social institutions and government regulations
-Economic- wealth of nation, money for research, or personal wealth
The Health Care System - correct answer ✔✔ Organization of delivery of health care services,
refers to the complex set or arrangements in our society that mediate between the human
being and our vulnerability to disease.
The three goals of a health care system are: - correct answer ✔✔ 1. to treat the sick
2. prevent disease
3. set goals for maintenance and promotion of health
Less than ___ of health care dollars are spent on preventive care - correct answer ✔✔ 3%
,The "Iron Triangle" of Health Care - correct answer ✔✔ Access: the ability to use health care
services
Cost: the price of health care services
Quality: how good or bad the health care services are at the time of delivery
The Iron Triangle - correct answer ✔✔ Changes in funding or infrastructure in one vector of the
triangle will produce changes in the other sectors.
-Operates like a balloon. Pressure on one side of the balloon forces the other sides to expand
Most U.S health care dollars are spent on treatment of ____ and _____ diseases. - correct
answer ✔✔ Acute and Chronic
Our health care system is an illness-driven system of _____ - correct answer ✔✔ Medicine
There are two types pf health care services - correct answer ✔✔ Personal
Community (population-based)
Personal health care services - correct answer ✔✔ Focus on the provider and patient
relationship
-ex. is delivered when patients visit their family doctor
Community-, or population based health care - correct answer ✔✔ Health care services are
provided to prevent disease for large groups of people living together in a community, city, or
county.
-ex. sanitation strategies such as developing proper sewage and waste disposal mechanism,
ensuring water quality and air quality, requiring childhood vaccinations, and offering screening
programs.
Local or state public health departments provide most of these services
,Health education and prevention focuses on... - correct answer ✔✔ Changing attitudes and
behaviors to prevent or lessen the impact of disease.
What are the six types of care? - correct answer ✔✔ Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Emergency
Long-Term
Rehabilitation
Primary Care - correct answer ✔✔ is delivered by clinicians in general practice, family practice,
obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and general internal medicine.
Secondary Care - correct answer ✔✔ Is provided in community hospitals, outpatient testing
centers, and specialists` offices
Tertiary Care - correct answer ✔✔ is delivered at large medical centers, referral hospitals, and
teaching hospitals.
Emergency Care - correct answer ✔✔ is provided at the scene, en route, or at the emergency
department.
Long-term Care - correct answer ✔✔ Focuses on the treatment of chronic illnesses and
disability
Rehabilitation Care - correct answer ✔✔ increases demands placed on the medical care system,
as well as the importance of physical medicine
, Types of Preventive Care - correct answer ✔✔ Immunizations, prenatal care visits, exercise,
hypertension control, pap smears, smoking cessation, cholesterol control, mammography, stress
relief
Types of Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ -Traditional
-Complementary (Alternative)
Traditional Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ Medicine is practiced by physicians, both allopathic
and osteopathic.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ is practiced by clinicians,
chiropractors, acupuncturists, homeopaths, naturopaths, and faith healers.
Physician with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree practice____ - correct answer ✔✔ allopathic
medicine
-Conventional or traditional scientific medicine
-Use of drugs, devices, and surgery to treat diseases in order to produce alterations in the paths
of diseases.
Physicians with Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree practice ____ - correct answer ✔✔
Osteopathic Medicine
-Focus is on treating the person holistically rather than focusing on symptoms or diseases.
Complementary medicine uses alternative therapies in place of _____ medicine - correct
answer ✔✔ Conventional
ex. acupuncture, herbal medicine, mediation, massage therapy
Stakeholders are ___ - correct answer ✔✔ Individuals or groups that have investment or
personal interest
