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What are the primary objectives of a Health Care System? - correct answer ✔1. To enable all
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citizens to receive health care services. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




2. To deliver services that are cost-effective and meet established standards of quality.
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What are the three different system outcomes? - correct answer ✔-Access
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-Cost

-Quality



Two resource areas (Exam 3): - correct answer ✔-Special Populations
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-Financing



Two care processes - correct answer ✔-Long-term Care
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-Inpatient Care ||||||




Rank the US Health Care System insurances in order...
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(Private, Uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare) - correct answer ✔1. Private Insurance
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2. Uninsured
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3. Medicaid
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4. Medicare
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The US Heath Care System leads the world in: - correct answer ✔- Medical Technology
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- Medical Training
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,- Research
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- Sophisticated (institutions, products, processes)
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There are 10 characteristics that differentiate the US Health Care System: - correct answer ✔1. No
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central agency governs a system. |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




2. Access is selective based on insurance.
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3. Health care offered under imperfect market activity.
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4. 3rd party insurers are intermediaries between finance & delivery
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5. Multiple payers are cumbersome.
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6. Balance of power, no domination.
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7. Legal risk affects practice behavior.
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8. New technology creates demand for its use.
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9. New service settings along continuum.
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10. Quality is achievable.
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In an imperfect market what is item pricing? - correct answer ✔- Obtain fees charged for service
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(surgeon's price). ||||||




- Services can't be determined prior to procedure.
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In an imperfect market what is package pricing? - correct answer ✔- bundled fee for a group of
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related services. ||||||




In an imperfect market what is capitation? - correct answer ✔- all health care services include one
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set fee per person, more all-encompassing.
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What are phantom providers? - correct answer ✔- bill for services separately.
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- Ex: anesthesiology, pathologist, supplies, hospital facility use.
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What is supplier/provider induced demand? - correct answer ✔- Physicians have influence on
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creating demand for their financial benefit. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

, - Physicians receive care beyond what is necessary. (follow-up visits, tests, unnecessary surgery).
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Medical services has three broad categories: - correct answer ✔1. Curative
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2. Restorative
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3. Preventative
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What is apart of the Quad-Function model? - correct answer ✔1. Financing
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2. Insurance
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3. Delivery
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4. Payment
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Funds come from _______________ paid to insurance companies. - correct answer ✔- Premiums
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What is National Health Insurance? - correct answer ✔- Government finances health care through
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taxes.

- Care provided by private providers
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What a National Health System? - correct answer ✔- Government operates medical institutions.
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- Providers are government employees or organized.
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What is Socialized Health Insurance? - correct answer ✔- Financed through government-mandated
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contributions by employers and employees. |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




- Health delivered by private providers.
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What determined the national health care expenditures? - correct answer ✔- Global budgets
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What country uses a National Health Insurance:
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- Gov finances health care through taxes. - correct answer ✔- Great Britain
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