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TEST BANK
Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach


Leiyu Shi, and Douglas A. Singh
8th Edition

,Table of Contents

Chapter 01 An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery 1
Chapter 02 Beliefs Values and Health 9
Chapter 03 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States 15
Chapter 04 Health Services Professionals 25
Chapter 05 Medical Technology 31
Chapter 06 Health Services Financing 39
Chapter 07 Outpatient and Primary Care Services 55
Chapter 08 Inpatient Facilities and Services 61
Chapter 09 Managed Care and Integrated Organizations 73
Chapter 10 Long Term Care 87
Chapter 11 Health Services for Special Populations 97
Chapter 12 Cost Access and Quality 103
Chapter 13 Health Policy 109
Chapter 14 The Future of Health Services Delivery 115

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Test Bank - Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach, 8th Edition (Shi, 2022)




Chapter 01 - An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



Multiple Choice



1. The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except:
A) Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services
B) Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective
C) Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
D) Delivering healthcare services that meet established standards of quality
Ans: C
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



2. The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as:
A) Expensive
B) Fragmented
C) Market-oriented
D) All of the above
Ans: D
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



3. For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is:
A) Employer-based
B) Financed by the government
C) Privately purchased
D) None of the above
Ans: A
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



4. What is the major objective of the Affordable Care Act?
A) to reduce cost
B) to provide insurance coverage
C) to enhance quality
D) to simplify administration
Ans: B
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



5. Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
A) Elderly
B) Low-income
C) Children



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Test Bank - Delivering Health Care in America: A Systems Approach, 8th Edition (Shi, 2022)




D) Disabled
Ans: A
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



6. Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
A) Elderly
B) Low-income
C) Children
D) Disabled
Ans: B
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



7. The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except:
A) Improving quality
B) Achieving efficiencies
C) Setting prices at which providers are paid
D) Controlling patients’ utilization of services
Ans: A
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



8. Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services demanded and
the price of medical services is:
A) Unknown
B) Equal
C) Direct
D) Inverse
Ans: D
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



9. The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:
A) Regulator
B) Major financer
C) Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter
D) All of the above
Ans: D
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery



10. Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)?
A) Japan
B) Great Britain
C) Australia



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