US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS EXAM 1 (CH 1-6) UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are the ba-sic components of a Health Services Delivery System?
Answer:
1. Financing - how services are paid for
2. Insurance - protects against catastrophic risks
3. Delivery - provision of health care services by various providers
4. Payment - reimbursement to providers for services delivered
Question:
2. What are 5 key components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
Answer:
1. Individual mandate
2. Insurance plans must cover "essential health benefits"
3. Insurance available for purchase on a web-based exchange
4. Expansion of Medicaid
5. Employer mandate to provide insurance for employees
Question:
3. What does man-aged care seek to achieve?
Answer:
1. Seeks to achieve efficiencies by integration of the 4 functions of health care.
2. Employs mechanisms to control utilization of medical services.
3. Determines the price at which the services are purchased and how much
providers get paid.
Question:
4. What is the iron triangle of health-care delivery?
Answer:
Access, cost, quality
Question:
5. Describe health care in the Pre-Industrial Era (Mid-18th to late 19th century)
Answer:
The consumer was sovereign in the market and healthcare was delivered under free market
conditions. Medical practice was in disarray, medical procedures were primitive, the insti-tutional
core was missing, demand was unstable, and medical education was substandard.
Question:
6. What are 5 rea-sons medical prac-tice was insignif-icant during the Pre-Industrial Era?
Answer:
1. Medical practice was in disarray
2. Medical procedures were primitive
3. Institutional core was missing
4. Demand was unstable
,5. Medical education was substandard
Question:
7. Why was demand for medical care unstable in the Pre-Industrial Era?
Answer:
Opportunity cost of time spent and money spent traveling to the doctor were too high. Demand was
limited by economic conditions and the traditional practice of medicine in rural eras.
Question:
8. Describe health care during the Post-Industrial Era (late 19th to late 20th century).
Answer:
1. Growth of professional sovereignty - as tech/meds advanced, status of
physicians rose.
2. Physicians succeeded in retaining private practice of medicine and resisting
national healthcare.
3. Employers took on a well-defined role in providing health care.
4. Growth of private health insurance.
5. Development of public health
Question:
9. Why did physicians rise to positions of power in the 1920s?
Answer:
1. Urbanization
2. Science and technology / cultural authority
3. Institutionalization / pooling of resources
4. Dependency
5. Autonomy and organization (professional cohesiveness)
6. Licensing
7. Educational reform
Question:
10. Describe orga-nized medicine.
Answer:
The concerted efforts of physicians through the AMA which equated to profes-sional cohesiveness.
Question:
11. What 3 factors prompted the gen-eral need for health insurance?
Answer:
1. Technological - advanced treatments that were desirable but expensive.
2. Social - desirability of medical treatments.
3. Economic - risk of catastrophic loss.
Question:
12. What 3 reasons led to the growth of employer-based health insurance?
Answer:
1. Wage freeze during WWII - employers offered insurance as a benefit in lieu
of more money.
2. 1948 Supreme Court ruling - employee benefits were legit part of
,union-management negotiations.
3. 1954 IRS tax code revision - made employer-paid health insurance tax
deductible for employers, tax-exempt for employees.
Question:
13. Describe the 4 parts of Medicare.
Answer:
Part A - hospital and limited nursing home coverage (automatic). Part B - Covers physician bills. Pay
separate from part A. Part C (1997) - Medicare managed care. Part D (2006) - Prescription drugs.
Question:
14. Describe Medic-aid.
Answer:
- Helps indigent populations pay for health care.
- Eligibility determined via a means test.
- A state run program, funded in part by federal government to match state
contributions (Kerr-Mills Act).
Question:
15. What is the role of medical technolo-gy in health care delivery?
Answer:
A tool to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, safety, and patient health. Ex-cessive use of
technology must be balanced with cost - what is the point of diminishing returns?
Question:
16. What are some ap-plications of IT and informatics in the delivery of health care?
Answer:
- Decision support systems (Often embedded in EHR)
- Clinical information systems (Pharmacy data systems, Radiology & lab report-
ing systems)
- Administrative information systems (Personnel management & scheduling)
Question:
17. What factors in-fluence the cre-ation, dissemina-tion, and utiliza-tion of technolo-gy?
Answer:
1. Anthro-cultural beliefs and values
2. Medical specialization
3. Financing & payment
4. Technology-driven competition
5. Expenditures on research & development
6. Supply-side controls
7. Government policy
Question:
18. What is the gov-ernment's role in technology diffu-sion?
, Answer:
Government funds 46% of medical technology R&D in the US. Aside from de-velopment, they have
a responsibility to intervene and ensure safety measures are in place as technology is introduced into
the marketplace (via the FDA).
Question:
19. technology diffu-sion.
Answer:
The spread of technology into society once it is developed.
Question:
20. What are some landmark pieces of legislation in the regulation of drugs and devices?
Answer:
1906 Food and Drugs Act 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendments
1976 Medical Devices Amendments 1983 Orphan Drug Act 1990 Safe Medical Devices Act 1992
Prescription Drug User Fee Act 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act
Question:
21. What is the im-pact of technolo-gy on various as-pects of domestic and global delivery of health
care?
Answer:
- Increased longevity and degreased mortality for people around the world.
- Greater effectiveness
- Greater costs
- Improved diagnosis and treatment (MRI, CT)
- New treatments (total artificial organs)
- Less invasive and safer procedures (laser surgery)
- Molecular and cell biology (genetic research)
Question:
22. Describe Health Technology As-sessment (HTA).
Answer:
Any process of examining and reporting properties of a medical technology used in health care, such
as safety, effectiveness, feasibility, and indications for use, cost, and cost-effectiveness, as well as
social, economic, and ethical consequences, whether intended or unintended.
Question:
23. What is the current and future direc-tions of HTAs?
Answer:
- Mainly private sector initiatives (VA/DoD in public sector).
- Information needs to be shared with providers and policy makers.
- Standardization of methods is needed to make results comparable.
- Balance between efficacy and economic worth will require a change in the
American mindset.
Question:
24. What provisions of the ACA pertain to medical technolo-gy?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are the ba-sic components of a Health Services Delivery System?
Answer:
1. Financing - how services are paid for
2. Insurance - protects against catastrophic risks
3. Delivery - provision of health care services by various providers
4. Payment - reimbursement to providers for services delivered
Question:
2. What are 5 key components of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
Answer:
1. Individual mandate
2. Insurance plans must cover "essential health benefits"
3. Insurance available for purchase on a web-based exchange
4. Expansion of Medicaid
5. Employer mandate to provide insurance for employees
Question:
3. What does man-aged care seek to achieve?
Answer:
1. Seeks to achieve efficiencies by integration of the 4 functions of health care.
2. Employs mechanisms to control utilization of medical services.
3. Determines the price at which the services are purchased and how much
providers get paid.
Question:
4. What is the iron triangle of health-care delivery?
Answer:
Access, cost, quality
Question:
5. Describe health care in the Pre-Industrial Era (Mid-18th to late 19th century)
Answer:
The consumer was sovereign in the market and healthcare was delivered under free market
conditions. Medical practice was in disarray, medical procedures were primitive, the insti-tutional
core was missing, demand was unstable, and medical education was substandard.
Question:
6. What are 5 rea-sons medical prac-tice was insignif-icant during the Pre-Industrial Era?
Answer:
1. Medical practice was in disarray
2. Medical procedures were primitive
3. Institutional core was missing
4. Demand was unstable
,5. Medical education was substandard
Question:
7. Why was demand for medical care unstable in the Pre-Industrial Era?
Answer:
Opportunity cost of time spent and money spent traveling to the doctor were too high. Demand was
limited by economic conditions and the traditional practice of medicine in rural eras.
Question:
8. Describe health care during the Post-Industrial Era (late 19th to late 20th century).
Answer:
1. Growth of professional sovereignty - as tech/meds advanced, status of
physicians rose.
2. Physicians succeeded in retaining private practice of medicine and resisting
national healthcare.
3. Employers took on a well-defined role in providing health care.
4. Growth of private health insurance.
5. Development of public health
Question:
9. Why did physicians rise to positions of power in the 1920s?
Answer:
1. Urbanization
2. Science and technology / cultural authority
3. Institutionalization / pooling of resources
4. Dependency
5. Autonomy and organization (professional cohesiveness)
6. Licensing
7. Educational reform
Question:
10. Describe orga-nized medicine.
Answer:
The concerted efforts of physicians through the AMA which equated to profes-sional cohesiveness.
Question:
11. What 3 factors prompted the gen-eral need for health insurance?
Answer:
1. Technological - advanced treatments that were desirable but expensive.
2. Social - desirability of medical treatments.
3. Economic - risk of catastrophic loss.
Question:
12. What 3 reasons led to the growth of employer-based health insurance?
Answer:
1. Wage freeze during WWII - employers offered insurance as a benefit in lieu
of more money.
2. 1948 Supreme Court ruling - employee benefits were legit part of
,union-management negotiations.
3. 1954 IRS tax code revision - made employer-paid health insurance tax
deductible for employers, tax-exempt for employees.
Question:
13. Describe the 4 parts of Medicare.
Answer:
Part A - hospital and limited nursing home coverage (automatic). Part B - Covers physician bills. Pay
separate from part A. Part C (1997) - Medicare managed care. Part D (2006) - Prescription drugs.
Question:
14. Describe Medic-aid.
Answer:
- Helps indigent populations pay for health care.
- Eligibility determined via a means test.
- A state run program, funded in part by federal government to match state
contributions (Kerr-Mills Act).
Question:
15. What is the role of medical technolo-gy in health care delivery?
Answer:
A tool to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, safety, and patient health. Ex-cessive use of
technology must be balanced with cost - what is the point of diminishing returns?
Question:
16. What are some ap-plications of IT and informatics in the delivery of health care?
Answer:
- Decision support systems (Often embedded in EHR)
- Clinical information systems (Pharmacy data systems, Radiology & lab report-
ing systems)
- Administrative information systems (Personnel management & scheduling)
Question:
17. What factors in-fluence the cre-ation, dissemina-tion, and utiliza-tion of technolo-gy?
Answer:
1. Anthro-cultural beliefs and values
2. Medical specialization
3. Financing & payment
4. Technology-driven competition
5. Expenditures on research & development
6. Supply-side controls
7. Government policy
Question:
18. What is the gov-ernment's role in technology diffu-sion?
, Answer:
Government funds 46% of medical technology R&D in the US. Aside from de-velopment, they have
a responsibility to intervene and ensure safety measures are in place as technology is introduced into
the marketplace (via the FDA).
Question:
19. technology diffu-sion.
Answer:
The spread of technology into society once it is developed.
Question:
20. What are some landmark pieces of legislation in the regulation of drugs and devices?
Answer:
1906 Food and Drugs Act 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendments
1976 Medical Devices Amendments 1983 Orphan Drug Act 1990 Safe Medical Devices Act 1992
Prescription Drug User Fee Act 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act
Question:
21. What is the im-pact of technolo-gy on various as-pects of domestic and global delivery of health
care?
Answer:
- Increased longevity and degreased mortality for people around the world.
- Greater effectiveness
- Greater costs
- Improved diagnosis and treatment (MRI, CT)
- New treatments (total artificial organs)
- Less invasive and safer procedures (laser surgery)
- Molecular and cell biology (genetic research)
Question:
22. Describe Health Technology As-sessment (HTA).
Answer:
Any process of examining and reporting properties of a medical technology used in health care, such
as safety, effectiveness, feasibility, and indications for use, cost, and cost-effectiveness, as well as
social, economic, and ethical consequences, whether intended or unintended.
Question:
23. What is the current and future direc-tions of HTAs?
Answer:
- Mainly private sector initiatives (VA/DoD in public sector).
- Information needs to be shared with providers and policy makers.
- Standardization of methods is needed to make results comparable.
- Balance between efficacy and economic worth will require a change in the
American mindset.
Question:
24. What provisions of the ACA pertain to medical technolo-gy?
