HHS-300 EXAM STUDY GUIDE | 102 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION.
Percent of the labor force that works in healthcare ch.4 Answer - 12%
Percent of U.S. gross domestic product derived from healthcare services ch.4
Answer - 17.1%
What sector of healthcare employs the most people? ch.4 Answer - Hospitals
Physician Definition ch.4 Answer - a person qualified to practice medicine.
Allopathic Doctor ch.4 Answer - MD; Doctor of medicine
MDs are trained in allopathic medicine, which views medical treatment as an
active intervention to counteract and neutralize the effects of disease.
Osteopathic Doctor ch.4 Answer - DO; Doctor of osteopath
DOs, emphasizes the musculoskeletal system of the body, such as correction of
joints or tissues. In their treatment plans, DOs stress preventive medicine and
take into account how factors such as diet and environment might influence
natural resistance. They take a holistic approach to patient care
,What percent of US Doctors are osteopathic ch.4 Answer - 8.5%
What percent of Michigan Doctors are osteopathic ch.4 Answer - 18%
Primary Care Physicians ch.4 Answer - are also known as generalists
Areas of specialty in med ch.4 Answer - Family med, internal med, peds,
obgyn, and geriatrics
What is a specialist? ch.4 Answer - Everything that is not a generalist, someone
who focuses on one part of the body rather than multiple.
How many physicians are in the US in 2015 ch.4 Answer - 870,900
Define residency ch.4 Answer - Usually a 2-6 year program. A residency
program is a program where you really dive into your future specialty, it is like
doctor medical practical training.
What is the specialty with the most physicians? ch.4 Answer - Internal
medicine
What does a hospitalist do? ch.4 Answer - Physicians who specialize in the care
of hospitalized patients.
Hospitalists do not usually have a relationship with the patient prior to or after
hospitalization-only during the actual inpatient stay. Essentially, the patient's
primary care provider entrusts the oversight of the patient's care to a
hospitalist upon admission, and the patient returns to the regular physician
after discharge.
, What is comorbidity? ch.4 Answer - Patients often have multiple problems
simultaneously, a condition, referred to as comorbidity.
Is the supply of physicians growing? ch.4 Answer - yes
Geographic Maldistribution ch.4 Answer - refers to the surplus in some regions
(such as metropolitan areas) but a shortage in other regions (such as rural and
inner-city areas) of needed health professionals.
Specialty maldistribution ch.4 Answer - a considerable imbalance exists
between primary and specialty care in the United States. Approximately 47.7%
of physicians work in primary care; the remaining 52.3% are specialists (Kaiser
Family Foundation, 2019). In other industrialized countries, only 25% to 50% of
physicians are specialists
International medicine graduates are... ch.4 Answer - growing
What are other doctor level health professionals. ch.4 Answer - optometrist,
psychologist, podiatrist, chiropractor, nursing.
Nurses ch.4 Answer - Theres nurses then advanced nurses.
Nurses; RN (bachelors degree) or an associates in nursing.
The advanced: NP or PA
What professions are growing faster than physicians? ch.4 Answer - Nurse
practitioners and Physician assistants
Ch. 5
ANSWERS | 2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION.
Percent of the labor force that works in healthcare ch.4 Answer - 12%
Percent of U.S. gross domestic product derived from healthcare services ch.4
Answer - 17.1%
What sector of healthcare employs the most people? ch.4 Answer - Hospitals
Physician Definition ch.4 Answer - a person qualified to practice medicine.
Allopathic Doctor ch.4 Answer - MD; Doctor of medicine
MDs are trained in allopathic medicine, which views medical treatment as an
active intervention to counteract and neutralize the effects of disease.
Osteopathic Doctor ch.4 Answer - DO; Doctor of osteopath
DOs, emphasizes the musculoskeletal system of the body, such as correction of
joints or tissues. In their treatment plans, DOs stress preventive medicine and
take into account how factors such as diet and environment might influence
natural resistance. They take a holistic approach to patient care
,What percent of US Doctors are osteopathic ch.4 Answer - 8.5%
What percent of Michigan Doctors are osteopathic ch.4 Answer - 18%
Primary Care Physicians ch.4 Answer - are also known as generalists
Areas of specialty in med ch.4 Answer - Family med, internal med, peds,
obgyn, and geriatrics
What is a specialist? ch.4 Answer - Everything that is not a generalist, someone
who focuses on one part of the body rather than multiple.
How many physicians are in the US in 2015 ch.4 Answer - 870,900
Define residency ch.4 Answer - Usually a 2-6 year program. A residency
program is a program where you really dive into your future specialty, it is like
doctor medical practical training.
What is the specialty with the most physicians? ch.4 Answer - Internal
medicine
What does a hospitalist do? ch.4 Answer - Physicians who specialize in the care
of hospitalized patients.
Hospitalists do not usually have a relationship with the patient prior to or after
hospitalization-only during the actual inpatient stay. Essentially, the patient's
primary care provider entrusts the oversight of the patient's care to a
hospitalist upon admission, and the patient returns to the regular physician
after discharge.
, What is comorbidity? ch.4 Answer - Patients often have multiple problems
simultaneously, a condition, referred to as comorbidity.
Is the supply of physicians growing? ch.4 Answer - yes
Geographic Maldistribution ch.4 Answer - refers to the surplus in some regions
(such as metropolitan areas) but a shortage in other regions (such as rural and
inner-city areas) of needed health professionals.
Specialty maldistribution ch.4 Answer - a considerable imbalance exists
between primary and specialty care in the United States. Approximately 47.7%
of physicians work in primary care; the remaining 52.3% are specialists (Kaiser
Family Foundation, 2019). In other industrialized countries, only 25% to 50% of
physicians are specialists
International medicine graduates are... ch.4 Answer - growing
What are other doctor level health professionals. ch.4 Answer - optometrist,
psychologist, podiatrist, chiropractor, nursing.
Nurses ch.4 Answer - Theres nurses then advanced nurses.
Nurses; RN (bachelors degree) or an associates in nursing.
The advanced: NP or PA
What professions are growing faster than physicians? ch.4 Answer - Nurse
practitioners and Physician assistants
Ch. 5
