US Healthcare Systems Exam 1 practice chapters 1-4
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Question 1.
Major subsystems of the United States Health System included Managed Care System,
Military and Veterans systems, Vulnerable Population System, Indian Health System,
Integrated Delivery Systems, Long-term Care System, Public Health System, and:
Correct Answer: Behavioral Care System
Question 2.
The Institute for Health Care Improvement developed a framework for healthcare
improvement in re- sponse to increasing healthcare costs, quality concerns, chronic health
conditions, and an aging population. This framework best describes:
Correct Answer: Triple Aim
Question 3.
Attributes of Complex Adaptive Systems include which of the following?
Correct Answer: Agents, interconnections, self-organization, emergence, and
co-evolution
Question 4.
An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as:
Correct Answer: A network of organizations that provide, a coordinated continuum of
services to a defined population and is willing to be held clinically and fiscally
accountable for the outcomes and health status of that population.
Question 5.
True/False? Health determinants are the varied factors that affect the health status of
populations or groups of people.
Correct Answer: True
Question 6.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim for Populations consists of which of the
following dimensions?
Correct Answer: A: Population Health B: Per Capita Cost C: Experience of care D: All
of these are correct Answer: D. All of these are correct
, Question 7.
True or False? All Health systems have common elements or building blocks necessary for
a functioning health system despite the unique health determinants and population health.
Correct Answer: True
Question 8.
The United States does not have a well-integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery
system everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of United
States Healthcare Delivery?
Correct Answer: There are multiple subsystems developed either though market
forces or as a result of policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population
segments
Question 9.
Allowing healthcare professionals to assess the interactions and interdependencies among
parts of a system and seek out opportunities to generate sustainable solutions describes:
Correct Answer: Systems thinking
Question 10.
Basic characteristics that differentiate the United States healthcare delivery system from that
of other countries include which of the following?
Correct Answer: - No central governing agency and little integration and coordination.
- A technology-driven delivery system focusing on acute care. - Delivery of health
care under imperfect market conditions. = All of these are correct.
Question 11.
Health determinants include which of the following five categories?
Correct Answer: Policymaking, social factors, health services, individual behavior,
and biology and genetics.
Question 12.
True or False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an
issue, topic, or outcome.
Correct Answer: True
Question 13.
True or False? In the United States, the delivery of health services is mostly in private
hands, and so health care is fully governed by free-market forces.
Correct Answer: False
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Question 1.
Major subsystems of the United States Health System included Managed Care System,
Military and Veterans systems, Vulnerable Population System, Indian Health System,
Integrated Delivery Systems, Long-term Care System, Public Health System, and:
Correct Answer: Behavioral Care System
Question 2.
The Institute for Health Care Improvement developed a framework for healthcare
improvement in re- sponse to increasing healthcare costs, quality concerns, chronic health
conditions, and an aging population. This framework best describes:
Correct Answer: Triple Aim
Question 3.
Attributes of Complex Adaptive Systems include which of the following?
Correct Answer: Agents, interconnections, self-organization, emergence, and
co-evolution
Question 4.
An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as:
Correct Answer: A network of organizations that provide, a coordinated continuum of
services to a defined population and is willing to be held clinically and fiscally
accountable for the outcomes and health status of that population.
Question 5.
True/False? Health determinants are the varied factors that affect the health status of
populations or groups of people.
Correct Answer: True
Question 6.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim for Populations consists of which of the
following dimensions?
Correct Answer: A: Population Health B: Per Capita Cost C: Experience of care D: All
of these are correct Answer: D. All of these are correct
, Question 7.
True or False? All Health systems have common elements or building blocks necessary for
a functioning health system despite the unique health determinants and population health.
Correct Answer: True
Question 8.
The United States does not have a well-integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery
system everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of United
States Healthcare Delivery?
Correct Answer: There are multiple subsystems developed either though market
forces or as a result of policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population
segments
Question 9.
Allowing healthcare professionals to assess the interactions and interdependencies among
parts of a system and seek out opportunities to generate sustainable solutions describes:
Correct Answer: Systems thinking
Question 10.
Basic characteristics that differentiate the United States healthcare delivery system from that
of other countries include which of the following?
Correct Answer: - No central governing agency and little integration and coordination.
- A technology-driven delivery system focusing on acute care. - Delivery of health
care under imperfect market conditions. = All of these are correct.
Question 11.
Health determinants include which of the following five categories?
Correct Answer: Policymaking, social factors, health services, individual behavior,
and biology and genetics.
Question 12.
True or False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an
issue, topic, or outcome.
Correct Answer: True
Question 13.
True or False? In the United States, the delivery of health services is mostly in private
hands, and so health care is fully governed by free-market forces.
Correct Answer: False
