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HEALTH POLICY - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH POLICY
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2024/2025
Health policies - Answer: Public policies or authoritative decisions that pertain to
health or influence the pursuit of health
Groups or classes of individuals or organizations - Answer: Who does health
policies affect?
Public policy - Answer: Policy established by *federal, state, and local levels of
government*
Private policy - Answer: Policy established by *private organizations*
1. Laws
2. Rules/regulations
3. Operational decisions
4. Judicial decisions
5. Macro policies - Answer: 5 main forms of health policies:
L
R/R
OD
JD
MP
ACA/Obamacare - Answer: Examples of a law in healthcare?
Law - Answer: *Rule* of conduct or action formally *recognized* as binding or
*enforced by a controlling authority*
Enacted by any level of government
Program - Answer: Laws can be also referred to as a...
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Rules/Regulations - Answer: Guides implementation of laws
Executive branch by *organizations/agencies* - Answer: Where are
rules/regulations made?
Executive branch of *government* - Answer: Where are operational decisions
made?
1. Consist of protocols that follow implementation of a new law
2. Less permanent than rules/regulations - Answer: What are 2 characteristics of
operational decisions?
Judicial decisions - Answer: Policies created as a result of a *decision* made in
the *court system*
Macro policies - Answer: Broad and expansive; help *shape society's pursuit of
health* in fundamental ways
FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals - Answer: What is an example of a macro
policy?
Allocative
Regulatory - Answer: What are 2 categories of public health?
A
R
Allocative policy - Answer: Policy that provides net *benefits to a distinct group at
the expense of others* to meet public objectives
Regulatory policy - Answer: Policies designed to *influence* actions, behaviors,
and decisions of others to ensure public objectives are met
Social regulations
Quality controls
HEALTH POLICY - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH POLICY
STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) 2024/2025
Health policies - Answer: Public policies or authoritative decisions that pertain to
health or influence the pursuit of health
Groups or classes of individuals or organizations - Answer: Who does health
policies affect?
Public policy - Answer: Policy established by *federal, state, and local levels of
government*
Private policy - Answer: Policy established by *private organizations*
1. Laws
2. Rules/regulations
3. Operational decisions
4. Judicial decisions
5. Macro policies - Answer: 5 main forms of health policies:
L
R/R
OD
JD
MP
ACA/Obamacare - Answer: Examples of a law in healthcare?
Law - Answer: *Rule* of conduct or action formally *recognized* as binding or
*enforced by a controlling authority*
Enacted by any level of government
Program - Answer: Laws can be also referred to as a...
, 2|Page
Rules/Regulations - Answer: Guides implementation of laws
Executive branch by *organizations/agencies* - Answer: Where are
rules/regulations made?
Executive branch of *government* - Answer: Where are operational decisions
made?
1. Consist of protocols that follow implementation of a new law
2. Less permanent than rules/regulations - Answer: What are 2 characteristics of
operational decisions?
Judicial decisions - Answer: Policies created as a result of a *decision* made in
the *court system*
Macro policies - Answer: Broad and expansive; help *shape society's pursuit of
health* in fundamental ways
FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals - Answer: What is an example of a macro
policy?
Allocative
Regulatory - Answer: What are 2 categories of public health?
A
R
Allocative policy - Answer: Policy that provides net *benefits to a distinct group at
the expense of others* to meet public objectives
Regulatory policy - Answer: Policies designed to *influence* actions, behaviors,
and decisions of others to ensure public objectives are met
Social regulations
Quality controls
