TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2ND EDITION BY BERNARD TURNOCK (ISBN 978-1449600228

1. The total level of health expenditures for health and medical care services in the UnitedStates for 2010 is closest to which of these figures? 1. $750 million 2. $750 billion 3. $2.5 trillion 4. $7.5 trillion Ans: C 2. All of the following comparisons of the US and Canadian health care systems are true EXCEPT: 1. the percentage of the national GDP devoted to health care is higher in the US 2. the percentage of people who are uninsured is higher in the US. 3. fees for physician services are higher in the US. 4. life expectancy is greater in the US. Ans: D 3. What major public health intervention strategy has the purpose of eliminating or reducing exposure to harmful factors by modifying human behavior? 1. heath promotion 2. emergency medical services 3. health monitoring 4. environmental scanning Ans: A 4. Medical services (including clinical preventive services such as immunizations and screening tests) account for what share of the 30-year increased life expectancy achieved for Americans between 1900 and 2000? 1. 1 year 2. 5 years 3. 15 years 4. 25 years Ans: B 5. Which of the following were the two over-arching goals of Healthy People 2010? 1. increase access to preventive services and increase the span of healthy life 2. reduce health disparities and increase immunization rates for all age groups 3. increase the quality and years of healthy life and reduce health disparities 4. increase immunization rates for all age groups and increase access to preventive services Ans: C 6. Health care expenditures in the United States increased from $12.7 billion in 1950 to over $2.5 trillion in 2010. About what proportion of the gross national product was spent on health care in 2010? 1. 6 percent 2. 10 percent 3. 12 percent 4. 16 percent Ans: D 7. Appropriate considerations for implementation of a screening test include all the following EXCEPT: 1. cost of screening test 2. efficacy of treatment 3. the physician’s familiarity with the disease 4. potential adverse effects of screening test Ans: C 8. Early detection of disease and interventions to reverse, halt, or at least slow the progression of a condition, often performed when disease is not yet symptomatic, is a description of: 1. primary prevention 2. secondary prevention 3. tertiary prevention 4. none of the above Ans: B 9. Important factors shaping health policy in the United States include all of the following EXCEPT: 1. federalism 2. pluralism 3. socialism 4. incrementalis