Chapter 1: Health Care Delivery Systems
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Comparison of Facilities
1. Community Care Center has 200 beds. It has an average length of stay of 212 years. Most
of the patients are elderly, but there are some younger patients with serious chronic
illnesses. Community Care Center is most likely a(n) _____ facility. a. Acute care
b. Behavioral health
c. Long-term care
d. Rehabilitation
ANS: C REF: 14
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
2. A facility that focuses totally on palliative care is a(n):
a. Ambulatory care facility
b. Hospice
c. Long-term care facility
d. Managed care
ANS: B REF: 15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
3. Chapone Health Care is an organization that owns a number of different health care facilities:
three acute care hospitals, two long-term care facilities, and a number of physician offices.
Chapone also owns a rehabilitation hospital and an assisted living facility, which also delivers
home care. The organization delivers care to patients at every point along the continuum of care.
Chapone Health Care can be described as a(n): a. Hospital
b. Chain
c. Fiscal intermediary
d. Integrated health care delivery system
ANS: D REF: 20
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
4. A patient will most likely receive physical therapy in which type of health care facility?a.
Acute care
b. Long-term care
c. Rehabilitation
d. Hospice
ANS: C REF: 15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
,5. The patient was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning and died Tuesday evening.
This patient is classified as a(n): a. Inpatient
b. Outpatient
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANS: A REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
6. The number of beds that the facility actually has set up, equipped, and staffed is the:
a. Licensed beds
b. Bed count
c. Registered beds
d. Certified count
ANS: B REF: 15 OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
7. A hospitalist specializes in:
a. Patients in the home health care setting
b. Patients discharged from the hospital
c. Only patients in the acute care environment
d. Only reading x-rays
ANS: C REF: 3
OBJ: Identify and describe the major medical specialties.
8. Allied Health Professional Organizations exist to provide all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Standards of professional practice and safety
b. Professional knowledge and support
c. Acute patient care facilities
d. Continuing professional education
ANS: C REF: 7
OBJ: Identify and describe the major allied health professions and their principal
occupational settings.
9. Which one of the following is NOT considered a health care facility?
a. Primary Care Physician’s Office
b. Home Health Care Agency
c. Gym
d. Skilled Nursing Facility
ANS: C REF: 11-15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
10. Which of the following patients is considered an inpatient for an acute care facility?
a. A patient who dies prior to arriving at the acute care facility
b. A patient who spent 10 hours in the Emergency Room and then returned home
c. A patient who checked in to complete an outpatient surgery, and then returned home
d. A patient who had an overnight stay to be evaluated and treated
, ANS: D REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
11. Acute care discharge includes the following EXCEPT:
a. A patient who did not have an overnight stay in the acute care facility
b. A patient dies in the acute care facility
c. Patient is transferred to another health care facility
d. Patient left acute care facility against medical advice
ANS: A REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
12. Daisy Community Center is an acute care facility with 350 beds. On May 1, there were 305
inpatients. What is the percent occupancy?
a. 32%
b. 87%
c. 100%
d. 85%
ANS: B REF: 15-16
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
Health Care Professionals
13. Another term for a consultation is a(n):
a. Therapy
b. Referral
c. Operation
d. Encounter
ANS: B REF: 4
OBJ: Identify and describe the major medical specialties.
14. Which of the following is an example of a diagnosis?
a. Tonsillitis
b. Appendectomy
c. Chest x-ray
d. Physical therapy
ANS: A REF: 2
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
15. Which of the following is an example of a procedure?
a. Diabetes
b. Pneumonia
c. Tonsillectomy
d. Appendicitis
ANS: C REF: 3
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Comparison of Facilities
1. Community Care Center has 200 beds. It has an average length of stay of 212 years. Most
of the patients are elderly, but there are some younger patients with serious chronic
illnesses. Community Care Center is most likely a(n) _____ facility. a. Acute care
b. Behavioral health
c. Long-term care
d. Rehabilitation
ANS: C REF: 14
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
2. A facility that focuses totally on palliative care is a(n):
a. Ambulatory care facility
b. Hospice
c. Long-term care facility
d. Managed care
ANS: B REF: 15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
3. Chapone Health Care is an organization that owns a number of different health care facilities:
three acute care hospitals, two long-term care facilities, and a number of physician offices.
Chapone also owns a rehabilitation hospital and an assisted living facility, which also delivers
home care. The organization delivers care to patients at every point along the continuum of care.
Chapone Health Care can be described as a(n): a. Hospital
b. Chain
c. Fiscal intermediary
d. Integrated health care delivery system
ANS: D REF: 20
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
4. A patient will most likely receive physical therapy in which type of health care facility?a.
Acute care
b. Long-term care
c. Rehabilitation
d. Hospice
ANS: C REF: 15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
,5. The patient was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning and died Tuesday evening.
This patient is classified as a(n): a. Inpatient
b. Outpatient
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
ANS: A REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
6. The number of beds that the facility actually has set up, equipped, and staffed is the:
a. Licensed beds
b. Bed count
c. Registered beds
d. Certified count
ANS: B REF: 15 OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
7. A hospitalist specializes in:
a. Patients in the home health care setting
b. Patients discharged from the hospital
c. Only patients in the acute care environment
d. Only reading x-rays
ANS: C REF: 3
OBJ: Identify and describe the major medical specialties.
8. Allied Health Professional Organizations exist to provide all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Standards of professional practice and safety
b. Professional knowledge and support
c. Acute patient care facilities
d. Continuing professional education
ANS: C REF: 7
OBJ: Identify and describe the major allied health professions and their principal
occupational settings.
9. Which one of the following is NOT considered a health care facility?
a. Primary Care Physician’s Office
b. Home Health Care Agency
c. Gym
d. Skilled Nursing Facility
ANS: C REF: 11-15
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
10. Which of the following patients is considered an inpatient for an acute care facility?
a. A patient who dies prior to arriving at the acute care facility
b. A patient who spent 10 hours in the Emergency Room and then returned home
c. A patient who checked in to complete an outpatient surgery, and then returned home
d. A patient who had an overnight stay to be evaluated and treated
, ANS: D REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
11. Acute care discharge includes the following EXCEPT:
a. A patient who did not have an overnight stay in the acute care facility
b. A patient dies in the acute care facility
c. Patient is transferred to another health care facility
d. Patient left acute care facility against medical advice
ANS: A REF: 12
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
12. Daisy Community Center is an acute care facility with 350 beds. On May 1, there were 305
inpatients. What is the percent occupancy?
a. 32%
b. 87%
c. 100%
d. 85%
ANS: B REF: 15-16
OBJ: Describe the differences among health care facilities.
Health Care Professionals
13. Another term for a consultation is a(n):
a. Therapy
b. Referral
c. Operation
d. Encounter
ANS: B REF: 4
OBJ: Identify and describe the major medical specialties.
14. Which of the following is an example of a diagnosis?
a. Tonsillitis
b. Appendectomy
c. Chest x-ray
d. Physical therapy
ANS: A REF: 2
OBJ: Distinguish between inpatients and outpatients.
15. Which of the following is an example of a procedure?
a. Diabetes
b. Pneumonia
c. Tonsillectomy
d. Appendicitis
ANS: C REF: 3
