MHA 707 EXAM 1/ MHA 707 Health Systems –
Questions And Answers
Health Care Systems defined? ✔️Ans - all persons, institutions, and
processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
Who is health care systems for? ✔️Ans - legitimized patients by
appropriate providers
What are variation among nations healthcare systems? ✔️Ans -
definitions of HC problems, diagnosis and treatment models, and social
position, training and authority of healers.
What is health? ✔️Ans - complete, physical, mental and social well-being
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What are determinants of health? ✔️Ans - genetic inheritance, physical
environement, social and economic environment, health behavior, and
healthcare
Behavior that affects health, negatively ✔️Ans - smoking, alcohol/drug
abuse, diet, lack of exercise
implicated in most leading causes of death in US? ✔️Ans - heart disease,
cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases
What are the main goals of HC? ✔️Ans - restore health and prevent
worsening of problems
Levels of prevention ✔️Ans - primary, secondary and tertiary
Primay Prevention ✔️Ans - eliminate risk factors to prevent onset. i.e.--
vaxx, exercise, smoking cessation
Secondary Prevention ✔️Ans - early detection and treatment (goal to
restore pre-onset health status). i.e.-- BP screening, pap smears etc.
, Tertiary prevention ✔️Ans - prevent further exacerbation of health
problem. i.e. controlling blood sugar, prevent heart attack, stroke etc.
US HC Systems are: ✔️Ans - -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.
Components of HC ✔️Ans - workforce, facilities, medical products,
training and research, and financing
workforce ✔️Ans - 12.7 million people
facilities ✔️Ans - ambulatory and inpatient
medical products ✔️Ans - pharmaceuticals, durable equipment and
nondurable supplies
training and research ✔️Ans - contributes to quality and innovation of
health care systems
financing ✔️Ans - $3.49 trillion in 2017 (17.9% GDP)
Government sector: federal, state, and local ✔️Ans - department of
health and human services
Private, nonprofit sector ✔️Ans - many hospitals and voluntary agencies
such as AMA, Red cross
Private, for profit sector ✔️Ans - pharm and other medical products,
insurance companies, nursing homes, and hospitals
Organizations of HC services ✔️Ans - government, private NFP, and
private FP
Types of health services ✔️Ans - primary care, secondary care, and
tertiary care
Questions And Answers
Health Care Systems defined? ✔️Ans - all persons, institutions, and
processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
Who is health care systems for? ✔️Ans - legitimized patients by
appropriate providers
What are variation among nations healthcare systems? ✔️Ans -
definitions of HC problems, diagnosis and treatment models, and social
position, training and authority of healers.
What is health? ✔️Ans - complete, physical, mental and social well-being
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What are determinants of health? ✔️Ans - genetic inheritance, physical
environement, social and economic environment, health behavior, and
healthcare
Behavior that affects health, negatively ✔️Ans - smoking, alcohol/drug
abuse, diet, lack of exercise
implicated in most leading causes of death in US? ✔️Ans - heart disease,
cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases
What are the main goals of HC? ✔️Ans - restore health and prevent
worsening of problems
Levels of prevention ✔️Ans - primary, secondary and tertiary
Primay Prevention ✔️Ans - eliminate risk factors to prevent onset. i.e.--
vaxx, exercise, smoking cessation
Secondary Prevention ✔️Ans - early detection and treatment (goal to
restore pre-onset health status). i.e.-- BP screening, pap smears etc.
, Tertiary prevention ✔️Ans - prevent further exacerbation of health
problem. i.e. controlling blood sugar, prevent heart attack, stroke etc.
US HC Systems are: ✔️Ans - -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.
Components of HC ✔️Ans - workforce, facilities, medical products,
training and research, and financing
workforce ✔️Ans - 12.7 million people
facilities ✔️Ans - ambulatory and inpatient
medical products ✔️Ans - pharmaceuticals, durable equipment and
nondurable supplies
training and research ✔️Ans - contributes to quality and innovation of
health care systems
financing ✔️Ans - $3.49 trillion in 2017 (17.9% GDP)
Government sector: federal, state, and local ✔️Ans - department of
health and human services
Private, nonprofit sector ✔️Ans - many hospitals and voluntary agencies
such as AMA, Red cross
Private, for profit sector ✔️Ans - pharm and other medical products,
insurance companies, nursing homes, and hospitals
Organizations of HC services ✔️Ans - government, private NFP, and
private FP
Types of health services ✔️Ans - primary care, secondary care, and
tertiary care
