HCM test 1 questions with Complete
Solutions 2024/2025
The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except: - ANSWERSDelivering
healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as: - ANSWERS-Expensive
-Fragmented
-Market-oriented
For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is: - ANSWERSEmployer-based
Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ANSWERSelderly
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ANSWERSLow-income
The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except: - ANSWERSImproving quality
The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is: - ANSWERS-Regulator
-Major financer
-Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter
Which of the following is a characteristic of a national health insurance system - ANSWERS-The
government finances health care through general taxes
- Health care is delivered by private providers
Supplier-induced demand is created by: - ANSWERSProviders
, What is the meaning of the term 'Access?' - ANSWERSAbility to get health care when needed
In a free market who would pay for the delivery of health care services? - ANSWERSpatients
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against
lawsuits, this practice is called - ANSWERSdefensive medicine
Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States? - ANSWERSNone
In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical services -
ANSWERSThe uninsured
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? - ANSWERSA measure of all the goods and services produced by
a nation in a given year
Approximately what percentage of GDP is spent on health care? - ANSWERS17%
What is meant by the term "health care costs"? - ANSWERS-The price of health care
-How much a nation spends on health care
- Cost of producing health care
Why should rising health care costs be controlled? - ANSWERS-Americans have to forgo other goods and
services when more is spent on health care.
-Unless we control costs, total health care expenditures will far exceed what they would be under free-
market conditions.
Medical cost inflation is influenced by all of the following factors except: - ANSWERSDecrease in
uninsured
The Donabedian Model includes all of the following elements except: - ANSWERSCosts
Solutions 2024/2025
The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except: - ANSWERSDelivering
healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as: - ANSWERS-Expensive
-Fragmented
-Market-oriented
For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is: - ANSWERSEmployer-based
Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ANSWERSelderly
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ANSWERSLow-income
The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except: - ANSWERSImproving quality
The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is: - ANSWERS-Regulator
-Major financer
-Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter
Which of the following is a characteristic of a national health insurance system - ANSWERS-The
government finances health care through general taxes
- Health care is delivered by private providers
Supplier-induced demand is created by: - ANSWERSProviders
, What is the meaning of the term 'Access?' - ANSWERSAbility to get health care when needed
In a free market who would pay for the delivery of health care services? - ANSWERSpatients
When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against
lawsuits, this practice is called - ANSWERSdefensive medicine
Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States? - ANSWERSNone
In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical services -
ANSWERSThe uninsured
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? - ANSWERSA measure of all the goods and services produced by
a nation in a given year
Approximately what percentage of GDP is spent on health care? - ANSWERS17%
What is meant by the term "health care costs"? - ANSWERS-The price of health care
-How much a nation spends on health care
- Cost of producing health care
Why should rising health care costs be controlled? - ANSWERS-Americans have to forgo other goods and
services when more is spent on health care.
-Unless we control costs, total health care expenditures will far exceed what they would be under free-
market conditions.
Medical cost inflation is influenced by all of the following factors except: - ANSWERSDecrease in
uninsured
The Donabedian Model includes all of the following elements except: - ANSWERSCosts
