HSC 317 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A type of epidemic where cases are exposed to a common source over time -
✔✔Continuous source epidemic
✔✔A disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of a course - ✔✔Endemic
disease
✔✔A graphic display of the cases of disease according to the time or date of onset of
symptoms - ✔✔Epidemic curve
✔✔One who practices epidemiology - ✔✔Epidemiologist
✔✔The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in
specific populations, and the applications of this study to control health problems -
✔✔Epidemiology
✔✔An analytic study in which investigators allocate exposure or intervention and follow
development of disease - ✔✔Experimental (Interventional) studies
✔✔The number of new health-related events or cases of a disease divided by the total
number in the population at risk - ✔✔Incidence rate
✔✔The period of time between exposure to a disease and the onset of symptoms -
✔✔Incubation period
✔✔The number of people who are sick divided by the total population at risk -
✔✔Prevalence rate
✔✔The electronic reporting system used by the state health departments and the CDC -
✔✔National Electronic Telecommunications System (NETS)
, ✔✔Diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for public health -
✔✔Notifiable diseases
✔✔An outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area, such as a continent or
multiple continents - ✔✔Pandemic
✔✔A type of epidemic where all cases were exposed at the same point in time -
✔✔Point source epidemic
✔✔The number of years lost when death occurs before the age of 65 or 75 - ✔✔Years
of potential life lost (YPLL)
✔✔Health care worker who provides services that assist, facilitate, and complement
work of physicians and other healthcare specialists - ✔✔Allied health care professional
✔✔Independent provider whose remedies for illnesses produce effects different from
those of disease - ✔✔Allopathic provider
✔✔The comprehensive health care reform introduced by then President Bill Clinton, but
never enacted - ✔✔American Health Security Act of 1993
✔✔A method of paying for covered health care services on a per-person premium basis
for a specific time period prior to the service being rendered - ✔✔Capitation
✔✔A group of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who come together
voluntarily as a legal entity to give coordinated high-quality care to Medicare patients -
✔✔Accountable care organization (ACO)
✔✔A title insurance program under the Social Security Act that provides health
Insurance to uninsured children - ✔✔Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
✔✔An organization in which private physicians are contracted on an exclusive basis for
services at a health maintenance organization - ✔✔Closed panel HMO
✔✔The portion of insurance company's approved amounts for covered services that the
beneficiary is responsible for paying - ✔✔Co-insurance
✔✔Health care plan that combines a pretax payment account to pay for out-of-pocket
medical expenses with a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) - ✔✔Consumer-directed
health plan (CDHP)
✔✔A negotiated set amount a patient pays for certain services - ✔✔Copayment
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A type of epidemic where cases are exposed to a common source over time -
✔✔Continuous source epidemic
✔✔A disease that occurs regularly in a population as a matter of a course - ✔✔Endemic
disease
✔✔A graphic display of the cases of disease according to the time or date of onset of
symptoms - ✔✔Epidemic curve
✔✔One who practices epidemiology - ✔✔Epidemiologist
✔✔The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in
specific populations, and the applications of this study to control health problems -
✔✔Epidemiology
✔✔An analytic study in which investigators allocate exposure or intervention and follow
development of disease - ✔✔Experimental (Interventional) studies
✔✔The number of new health-related events or cases of a disease divided by the total
number in the population at risk - ✔✔Incidence rate
✔✔The period of time between exposure to a disease and the onset of symptoms -
✔✔Incubation period
✔✔The number of people who are sick divided by the total population at risk -
✔✔Prevalence rate
✔✔The electronic reporting system used by the state health departments and the CDC -
✔✔National Electronic Telecommunications System (NETS)
, ✔✔Diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for public health -
✔✔Notifiable diseases
✔✔An outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area, such as a continent or
multiple continents - ✔✔Pandemic
✔✔A type of epidemic where all cases were exposed at the same point in time -
✔✔Point source epidemic
✔✔The number of years lost when death occurs before the age of 65 or 75 - ✔✔Years
of potential life lost (YPLL)
✔✔Health care worker who provides services that assist, facilitate, and complement
work of physicians and other healthcare specialists - ✔✔Allied health care professional
✔✔Independent provider whose remedies for illnesses produce effects different from
those of disease - ✔✔Allopathic provider
✔✔The comprehensive health care reform introduced by then President Bill Clinton, but
never enacted - ✔✔American Health Security Act of 1993
✔✔A method of paying for covered health care services on a per-person premium basis
for a specific time period prior to the service being rendered - ✔✔Capitation
✔✔A group of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who come together
voluntarily as a legal entity to give coordinated high-quality care to Medicare patients -
✔✔Accountable care organization (ACO)
✔✔A title insurance program under the Social Security Act that provides health
Insurance to uninsured children - ✔✔Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
✔✔An organization in which private physicians are contracted on an exclusive basis for
services at a health maintenance organization - ✔✔Closed panel HMO
✔✔The portion of insurance company's approved amounts for covered services that the
beneficiary is responsible for paying - ✔✔Co-insurance
✔✔Health care plan that combines a pretax payment account to pay for out-of-pocket
medical expenses with a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) - ✔✔Consumer-directed
health plan (CDHP)
✔✔A negotiated set amount a patient pays for certain services - ✔✔Copayment
