HIM 410 FINAL PRACTICE EXAM – QUESTIONS
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List the primary objectives of the US 1. enable all citizens to obtain needed healthcare
healthcare system.
2. Ensure services are cost effective and meet
standards of quality
Quad-function model of the US 1. Financing
healthcare system 2. Insurance
3. Payment
4. Delivery
National Health Insurance Government finances care through taxes, but care
is through private practice
EX: Canada
, National Health System Care is supported through taxes but the
government is also responsible for delivery and
infrastructure
EX: UK
Socialized Health Insurance Financed through government mandated
contributions by employers and delivered by
providers
EX: Germany
Public Health: A wide variety of activities undertaken by state and
local governments to promote optimal health for
society as a whole
Private Practice
Organize medicine: concerted activities of physicians, mainly to protect
their own interests, through associations such as
the American Medical Association
Defensive Medicine: excessive medical tests and procedures performed
as protection against malpractice law suits,
otherwise regarded as unnecessary
Two Types of Physicians: MD: Doctor of Medicine
DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Terms in this set (162)
List the primary objectives of the US 1. enable all citizens to obtain needed healthcare
healthcare system.
2. Ensure services are cost effective and meet
standards of quality
Quad-function model of the US 1. Financing
healthcare system 2. Insurance
3. Payment
4. Delivery
National Health Insurance Government finances care through taxes, but care
is through private practice
EX: Canada
, National Health System Care is supported through taxes but the
government is also responsible for delivery and
infrastructure
EX: UK
Socialized Health Insurance Financed through government mandated
contributions by employers and delivered by
providers
EX: Germany
Public Health: A wide variety of activities undertaken by state and
local governments to promote optimal health for
society as a whole
Private Practice
Organize medicine: concerted activities of physicians, mainly to protect
their own interests, through associations such as
the American Medical Association
Defensive Medicine: excessive medical tests and procedures performed
as protection against malpractice law suits,
otherwise regarded as unnecessary
Two Types of Physicians: MD: Doctor of Medicine
DO: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
