MHA 707 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Health Care Systems defined?
Answer:
all persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
Question:
2. Who is health care systems for?
Answer:
legitimized patients by appropriate providers
Question:
3. What are variation among nations healthcare systems?
Answer:
definitions of HC problems, diagnosis and treatment models, and social position, training and authority of
healers.
Question:
4. What is health?
Answer:
complete, physical, mental and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Question:
5. What are determinants of health?
Answer:
genetic inheritance, physical environement, social and economic environment, health behavior, and
healthcare
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6. Behavior that affects health, negatively
Answer:
smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, lack of exercise
Question:
7. implicated in most leading causes of death in US?
Answer:
heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases
Question:
8. What are the main goals of HC?
Answer:
restore health and prevent worsening of problems
, Question:
9. Levels of prevention
Answer:
primary, secondary and tertiary
Question:
10. Primay Prevention
Answer:
eliminate risk factors to prevent onset. i.e.-- vaxx, exercise, smoking cessation
Question:
11. Secondary Prevention
Answer:
early detection and treatment (goal to restore pre-onset health status). i.e.-- BP screening, pap smears etc.
Question:
12. Tertiary prevention
Answer:
prevent further exacerbation of health problem. i.e. controlling blood sugar, prevent heart attack, stroke
etc.
Question:
13. US HC Systems are:
Answer:
-complex and unique
-decentralized: fragmented
-mix of private and public financing and provision of care
-historically has produced higher physicians incomes and profits for suppliers of medical products.
Question:
14. Components of HC
Answer:
workforce, facilities, medical products, training and research, and financing
Question:
15. workforce
Answer:
12.7 million people
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16. facilities
Answer:
ambulatory and inpatient
Question:
17. medical products
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Health Care Systems defined?
Answer:
all persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
Question:
2. Who is health care systems for?
Answer:
legitimized patients by appropriate providers
Question:
3. What are variation among nations healthcare systems?
Answer:
definitions of HC problems, diagnosis and treatment models, and social position, training and authority of
healers.
Question:
4. What is health?
Answer:
complete, physical, mental and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Question:
5. What are determinants of health?
Answer:
genetic inheritance, physical environement, social and economic environment, health behavior, and
healthcare
Question:
6. Behavior that affects health, negatively
Answer:
smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, lack of exercise
Question:
7. implicated in most leading causes of death in US?
Answer:
heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases
Question:
8. What are the main goals of HC?
Answer:
restore health and prevent worsening of problems
, Question:
9. Levels of prevention
Answer:
primary, secondary and tertiary
Question:
10. Primay Prevention
Answer:
eliminate risk factors to prevent onset. i.e.-- vaxx, exercise, smoking cessation
Question:
11. Secondary Prevention
Answer:
early detection and treatment (goal to restore pre-onset health status). i.e.-- BP screening, pap smears etc.
Question:
12. Tertiary prevention
Answer:
prevent further exacerbation of health problem. i.e. controlling blood sugar, prevent heart attack, stroke
etc.
Question:
13. US HC Systems are:
Answer:
-complex and unique
-decentralized: fragmented
-mix of private and public financing and provision of care
-historically has produced higher physicians incomes and profits for suppliers of medical products.
Question:
14. Components of HC
Answer:
workforce, facilities, medical products, training and research, and financing
Question:
15. workforce
Answer:
12.7 million people
Question:
16. facilities
Answer:
ambulatory and inpatient
Question:
17. medical products
