LECOM - Healthcare Management 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Graded A+
Define Health - Answers State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
Focus of Health Care - Answers To restore health or prevent exacerbation of health problems
What are the categories of health care? - Answers Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Define Primary Prevention - Answers Eliminate factors for a disease
Examples of Primary Prevention - Answers Seat belts, condoms, protection from UV light, tobacco
cessation programs, and dietary modifications
Define Secondary Prevention - Answers Early detection of disease so treatment is more effective
Define tertiary prevention - Answers Focuses on optimum treatment of identified disease to reduce the
incidence of later complications
Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answers Rehabilitation and limitation of disability
What are the different types of care? - Answers Primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care
Define primary care - Answers -what most people need most of the time for health and illness
-Includes personal treatment and preventive measures (i.e. lifestyle changes, immunizations, prenatal
care, etc.)
Define Secondary Care - Answers -Services are available in physicians' offices and community hospitals
-Includes most surgical procedures, diagnositc, and treatment interventions of specialists (i.e.
cardiologists, radiologists)
Define Tertiary Care - Answers -Highly specialized diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative serves that
require staff and equipment beyond what an average community hospital has available
-Care is generally available in major medical centers (heart surgery, organ transplant, radiotherapy for
cancer)
Most hospitals are? - Answers Non-federal (96.7%)
Of non-federal hospitals, what percentage are community hospitals? - Answers 87.7%
Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "not-for-profit"? - Answers 56.4%
Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "for-profit"? - Answers 25.1%
Of the community hospitals, what percent are state or local government owned? - Answers 18.5%
, The overall trend in the amount of beds in hospitals has been ____ - Answers reduced
What are some reasons that the number of beds and hospitals have been reduced? - Answers -Higher
fixed costs in staff, facilities, and equipment (big affect on smaller hospitals)
-Increased difficulty in hiring and retaining appropriate staff in rural hospitals
-Increasing economies of scale for larger and larger hospitals as the availability of expensive technology
increases
-When a hospital performs a procedure more frequently, the quality of each one goes up
Reasons for rural hospitals closing - Answers -aging, poor, and shrinking populations in these areas
-High uninsured rates
-Economic challenges in the community
-Aging facilities
What are the responsibilities of hospital administration - Answers Finance, personnel, provision of
services (i.e. housekeeping and laundry), community/public relations, development
How are medical hospitals organized? - Answers -By medical speciality
-By organ systems
-Diagnostic imaging and therapy
-Pathology (provides a diagnostic function before and after treatment)
What are the different committees within a hospital? - Answers -Executive committee
-Joint conference committee
-Credentials committee
-Infection control committee
Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee
-Tissue Committee
-Medical Records Committee
-Quality Assurance Committee
-Ethics Consultation Committee
-Patient Safety and Risk Managment
Define Health - Answers State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
Focus of Health Care - Answers To restore health or prevent exacerbation of health problems
What are the categories of health care? - Answers Primary, secondary, and tertiary
Define Primary Prevention - Answers Eliminate factors for a disease
Examples of Primary Prevention - Answers Seat belts, condoms, protection from UV light, tobacco
cessation programs, and dietary modifications
Define Secondary Prevention - Answers Early detection of disease so treatment is more effective
Define tertiary prevention - Answers Focuses on optimum treatment of identified disease to reduce the
incidence of later complications
Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answers Rehabilitation and limitation of disability
What are the different types of care? - Answers Primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care
Define primary care - Answers -what most people need most of the time for health and illness
-Includes personal treatment and preventive measures (i.e. lifestyle changes, immunizations, prenatal
care, etc.)
Define Secondary Care - Answers -Services are available in physicians' offices and community hospitals
-Includes most surgical procedures, diagnositc, and treatment interventions of specialists (i.e.
cardiologists, radiologists)
Define Tertiary Care - Answers -Highly specialized diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative serves that
require staff and equipment beyond what an average community hospital has available
-Care is generally available in major medical centers (heart surgery, organ transplant, radiotherapy for
cancer)
Most hospitals are? - Answers Non-federal (96.7%)
Of non-federal hospitals, what percentage are community hospitals? - Answers 87.7%
Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "not-for-profit"? - Answers 56.4%
Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "for-profit"? - Answers 25.1%
Of the community hospitals, what percent are state or local government owned? - Answers 18.5%
, The overall trend in the amount of beds in hospitals has been ____ - Answers reduced
What are some reasons that the number of beds and hospitals have been reduced? - Answers -Higher
fixed costs in staff, facilities, and equipment (big affect on smaller hospitals)
-Increased difficulty in hiring and retaining appropriate staff in rural hospitals
-Increasing economies of scale for larger and larger hospitals as the availability of expensive technology
increases
-When a hospital performs a procedure more frequently, the quality of each one goes up
Reasons for rural hospitals closing - Answers -aging, poor, and shrinking populations in these areas
-High uninsured rates
-Economic challenges in the community
-Aging facilities
What are the responsibilities of hospital administration - Answers Finance, personnel, provision of
services (i.e. housekeeping and laundry), community/public relations, development
How are medical hospitals organized? - Answers -By medical speciality
-By organ systems
-Diagnostic imaging and therapy
-Pathology (provides a diagnostic function before and after treatment)
What are the different committees within a hospital? - Answers -Executive committee
-Joint conference committee
-Credentials committee
-Infection control committee
Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee
-Tissue Committee
-Medical Records Committee
-Quality Assurance Committee
-Ethics Consultation Committee
-Patient Safety and Risk Managment
