MHA 707 Study Guide for Exam 3 (C) questions with
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(NHEA) Ans✓✓✓ National Health Expenditure Accounts
90% of americans have 1 risk factor Ans✓✓✓ 52% have 2 or more highest
proportion in impoverished and racial/ethnic minorities.
90% of NHE are used for? Ans✓✓✓ chronic diseases (most preventable of all
health conditions) and mental health diseases
ACA- passed by Democrats or Republicans in Congress? Ans✓✓✓ Supported
mostly by Democrats, who tend to favor the public goods view, and thus, focused
the ACA on achieving universal access to health care.
According to the Committee on the Quality of health Care in America, Institute of
Medicine (IOM), 2001 Ans✓✓✓ As medical science and technology have
advanced at a rapid pace, the health care delivery system have floundered in its
ability to provide consistently high-quality care to all Americans.
According to U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, 1990
Ans✓✓✓ Gap is widening between the majority of Americans, who can take
advantage of the best medical services in the worlds and the rest, who find it hard
to get even basic needed care
Accrediting Private, Non profit organizations Ans✓✓✓ The joint commission (TJC)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
,Adverse selection Ans✓✓✓ the sicker people likely want more insurance (the
healthier the less)
Age-adjusted mortality rate? Ans✓✓✓ Takes into account the population's age
distribution when calculating mortality rate. Uses a statistical method that
"standardizes" the target population to a reference population. Commonly used
when comparing mortality rates across different populations.
Are employed doctors more motivated than independent practitioners? Why so?
Ans✓✓✓ Employed doctors are easier to motivate than independent
practitioners
Physicians identify themselves as "doctor" with a higher level of intensity than
"your employee"
Are healthcare professionals responsible for system performance? Ans✓✓✓
health care professionals increasingly contribute—in big or small ways—to the
process of assessing and improving system performance.
Are medical professionals part of a "mobile labor market", Why or why not
Ans✓✓✓ no. Professionals as a labor force don't tend to be mobile which means
regional variations in the "price" paid to labor will often persist and be skewed
out of proportion because professional labor won't always move to fill in a
shortage (extra demand) or a surplus (over supply) when one occurs.
Are medical professionals part of a "mobile labor market"? Why or why not?
Ans✓✓✓ Professionals as a labor force don't tend to be mobile (in fact, most
labor in the US has lost its "mobility" for a variety of reasons) which means
regional variations in the "price" paid to labor will often persist and be skewed
, out of proportion because professional labor won't always move to fill in a
shortage or a surplus when one occurs.
Are professionals impacted by the assessments? Ans✓✓✓ they are greatly
affected by the results of assessing health system performance.
Atul Gawande Ans✓✓✓ "Finding the balance is not a matter of achieving policy
perfection; whatever program we devise, some people will put in more and some
will take out more. Progress ultimately depends on whether we can build and
sustain the belief that collective action genuinely results in collective benefit. No
policy will be possible otherwise"
Average training time from high school graduation Ans✓✓✓ Primary care
physician (internship/FP): 13 yrs
Pediatrician: 13 yrs
Ob/Gyn: 14 yrs
Neonatologist: 16 yrs
General Surgeon: 15 yrs
Plastic Surgeon: 17 yrs
Cardiologist: 16 yrs
Heart Surgeon: 18 yrs
Neurosurgeon: 18 yrs
Law partner: 10 yrs
Accounting partner: 9 yrs
BRFSS Ans✓✓✓ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - alcohol, reckless
driving, smoke
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(NHEA) Ans✓✓✓ National Health Expenditure Accounts
90% of americans have 1 risk factor Ans✓✓✓ 52% have 2 or more highest
proportion in impoverished and racial/ethnic minorities.
90% of NHE are used for? Ans✓✓✓ chronic diseases (most preventable of all
health conditions) and mental health diseases
ACA- passed by Democrats or Republicans in Congress? Ans✓✓✓ Supported
mostly by Democrats, who tend to favor the public goods view, and thus, focused
the ACA on achieving universal access to health care.
According to the Committee on the Quality of health Care in America, Institute of
Medicine (IOM), 2001 Ans✓✓✓ As medical science and technology have
advanced at a rapid pace, the health care delivery system have floundered in its
ability to provide consistently high-quality care to all Americans.
According to U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, 1990
Ans✓✓✓ Gap is widening between the majority of Americans, who can take
advantage of the best medical services in the worlds and the rest, who find it hard
to get even basic needed care
Accrediting Private, Non profit organizations Ans✓✓✓ The joint commission (TJC)
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
,Adverse selection Ans✓✓✓ the sicker people likely want more insurance (the
healthier the less)
Age-adjusted mortality rate? Ans✓✓✓ Takes into account the population's age
distribution when calculating mortality rate. Uses a statistical method that
"standardizes" the target population to a reference population. Commonly used
when comparing mortality rates across different populations.
Are employed doctors more motivated than independent practitioners? Why so?
Ans✓✓✓ Employed doctors are easier to motivate than independent
practitioners
Physicians identify themselves as "doctor" with a higher level of intensity than
"your employee"
Are healthcare professionals responsible for system performance? Ans✓✓✓
health care professionals increasingly contribute—in big or small ways—to the
process of assessing and improving system performance.
Are medical professionals part of a "mobile labor market", Why or why not
Ans✓✓✓ no. Professionals as a labor force don't tend to be mobile which means
regional variations in the "price" paid to labor will often persist and be skewed
out of proportion because professional labor won't always move to fill in a
shortage (extra demand) or a surplus (over supply) when one occurs.
Are medical professionals part of a "mobile labor market"? Why or why not?
Ans✓✓✓ Professionals as a labor force don't tend to be mobile (in fact, most
labor in the US has lost its "mobility" for a variety of reasons) which means
regional variations in the "price" paid to labor will often persist and be skewed
, out of proportion because professional labor won't always move to fill in a
shortage or a surplus when one occurs.
Are professionals impacted by the assessments? Ans✓✓✓ they are greatly
affected by the results of assessing health system performance.
Atul Gawande Ans✓✓✓ "Finding the balance is not a matter of achieving policy
perfection; whatever program we devise, some people will put in more and some
will take out more. Progress ultimately depends on whether we can build and
sustain the belief that collective action genuinely results in collective benefit. No
policy will be possible otherwise"
Average training time from high school graduation Ans✓✓✓ Primary care
physician (internship/FP): 13 yrs
Pediatrician: 13 yrs
Ob/Gyn: 14 yrs
Neonatologist: 16 yrs
General Surgeon: 15 yrs
Plastic Surgeon: 17 yrs
Cardiologist: 16 yrs
Heart Surgeon: 18 yrs
Neurosurgeon: 18 yrs
Law partner: 10 yrs
Accounting partner: 9 yrs
BRFSS Ans✓✓✓ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - alcohol, reckless
driving, smoke
