Health Care Delivery Exam Questions And
Answers (Guaranteed A+)
What are the components of the health care delivery system - Answer✔financing, technology
and supplies, facilities, personnel
what are the levels of care - Answer✔primary, secondary, and tertiary (different than levels of
prevention)
Primary level of care - Answer✔first point of contact for comprehensive medical care, initial
diagnosis of disease, readily accessible, gatekeeper to higher levels of care
the primary level of care makes up ___% of medical visits - Answer✔80-90
Secondary level of care - Answer✔medical conditions that require a higher level of care than
primary, hospitalization and specialized outpatient care
Tertiary level of care - Answer✔the most complex services and surgical techniques, rare and
complex disorders, usually provided in inpatient hospital facilities
what are the two approaches used to organize a health care system around the three levels of care
- Answer✔regionalized (dowson) model, free flowing (dispersed) model
regionalized (dowson) model - Answer✔emphasizes the primary level of care. more advacned
care occurs in orderly, regulated steps
free flow (dispersed) model - Answer✔emphasizes the tertiary level of care, free flowing
movement across all levels of care
there is a greater proportion of ___ in the free flowing model - Answer✔specialists
there is a greater proportion of ___ in the regionalized vs free-flowing model - Answer✔primary
care providers
who are the providers of healthcare - Answer✔MDs, DOs, nurses, nurse practicioners, dentists,
social workers, optometrists
what are the health care practice types - Answer✔solo/private, group, interdisciplinary
what are the types of solo/private practices - Answer✔owner, independent contrator
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what are the types of group practice - Answer✔partner, associate/employee, independent
contractor
what are the types of optometry practice - Answer✔solo/private, group, interdisciplinary,
commercial, HMO, home health, nursing homes, government
what are the different types of health care settings - Answer✔offices and clinics, hospitals, health
departments, co-management centers, short term and long term care
what was the US uninsured rate from the 2010 pre-affordable care act - Answer✔16% - 50
million
what was the underinsured rate between 2013-2014 - Answer✔33 million - 10.4%
what was the age of the most uninsured - Answer✔20-30
what makes up the US health care system - Answer✔military medical care (Tricare), veteran's
administration, Medicare Medicaid and CHIP, private insurance
when was health care developed in Europe - Answer✔early 1880, societies arose to aid the poor
and illness striken
when was health care developed in the UK - Answer✔1911 National Insurance Act
when was health care developed in germany - Answer✔1840s government mandate for workers
below a certain income level pay into a sickness fund
when was health care developed in the US - Answer✔1850s, private insurance for injuries
related to railroad or maritime accidents
when was health care developed in US for sickness coverage - Answer✔1890s
when was health care developed for government sponsored health insurance - Answer✔first
proposed in 1930s
in this country health insurance generally reflects - Answer✔employment status
what are the employment status health insurance - Answer✔voluntary health insurance (VHI),
social health insurance (SHI) and public welfare (state controlled)
what is voluntary health insurance - Answer✔private
what is social health insurance - Answer✔government entitlement program funded by taxes of
premium paid on the behalf of recipients
what is public welfare health insurance - Answer✔lack of employment, low income, disabling
conditions
Socialized medicine - Answer✔describes a system for providing medical and hospital care for all
at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health services and subsides derived
from taxation
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