US Health Systems; Ch. 1-5 Review questions with correct answers

Ch. 1 - Answer Basic Components of a Health Care Delivery System Why does cost containment remain an elusive goal in US health services delivery? - Answer "Each individual and corporate entity within a predominantly private entrepreneurial system seeks to manipulate financial incentives to its own advantage, without regard to its impact on the system as a whole. Hence, cost containment remains an elusive goal." Copyright | Jones & Bartlett Learning | Delivering Health Care in America | Edition 6 | Page 5 What are the two main objectives of a health care delivery system? - Answer "An acceptable health care delivery system should have two primary objectives: (1) it must enable all citizens to obtain needed health care services (2) the ser-vices must be cost effective and meet cer-tain established standards of quality." Copyright | Jones & Bartlett Learning | Delivering Health Care in America | Edition 6 | page 5 Name the four basic functional components of the US health care delivery system. What role does each play in the delivery of health care? - Answer "Each of these basic functional components—financing, insurance, delivery, and payment—represents an amalgam of public (government) and private sources." Copyright | Jones & Bartlett Learning | Delivering Health Care in America | Edition 6 | Page 4