Chapter 2: The Health Care Delivery
System (potter and perry) Test Bank
Questions and All Correct Answers.
1. reducing health care costs while maintaining high-quality care
2. improving access and coverage for more people
3. encouraging healthy behaviors - Answer What are the challenges to health care?
1. disease prevention
2. health promotion
3. primary, secondary, tertiary health care - Answer The health care system has levels of care
for which health care providers offer services. These levels include _______
1. tertiary care
2. secondary health care
3. primary health care
4. clinical preventive services
5. population-based health care services - Answer What does the health services pyramid
include?
Professional Standards Review Organizations - Answer Review the quality, quantity and cost of
hospital care
Utilization Review Committees - Answer Review admission and eliminate overuse of diagnostic
and treatment services
Capitation - Answer Means that the providers receive a fixed amount per patient or enrolled
of health care plan
"Never Events" - Answer In 2006 this list was published by the National Quality Forum of
preventable errors
Primary Health Care - Answer Prevention consists of health-promoting behaviors or activities
System (potter and perry) Test Bank
Questions and All Correct Answers.
1. reducing health care costs while maintaining high-quality care
2. improving access and coverage for more people
3. encouraging healthy behaviors - Answer What are the challenges to health care?
1. disease prevention
2. health promotion
3. primary, secondary, tertiary health care - Answer The health care system has levels of care
for which health care providers offer services. These levels include _______
1. tertiary care
2. secondary health care
3. primary health care
4. clinical preventive services
5. population-based health care services - Answer What does the health services pyramid
include?
Professional Standards Review Organizations - Answer Review the quality, quantity and cost of
hospital care
Utilization Review Committees - Answer Review admission and eliminate overuse of diagnostic
and treatment services
Capitation - Answer Means that the providers receive a fixed amount per patient or enrolled
of health care plan
"Never Events" - Answer In 2006 this list was published by the National Quality Forum of
preventable errors
Primary Health Care - Answer Prevention consists of health-promoting behaviors or activities
