U.S. Healthcare System Exam 1 (quiz questions and
Answers)
Understanding individual parts of a system as well as how these parts interact through
recurring patterns to produce a whole describes which theory? - -Systems Thinking
Theory
-George Engel 1970s "biopsychosocial model" was a better way to understand: - -disease
expression
-System thinking could be applied to health because the model recognized the interaction
of which factors? - -Biological
Psychological
Sociological
All of these are correct.
-An approach that serves as a catalyst to compel ministries (or government departments
and agencies) to work with the health ministry (or the Department of Health and Human
Services in the United States) to address the public health implications and potential
unintended consequences that affect the health of individuals, communities, and the nation
describes: - -Health in All Policies
-True/False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an
issue, topic, or outcome. - -True
-"Groups of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent components that form a complex
and unified whole best describes a(n): - -system
-The Triple Aim framework consists of pursuing which of the following dimensions? - -
Improving the patient experience of care (including the ability of patients to access high-
quality care that patients are satisfied with)
Improving the health of the population
Reducing the per capita cost of health
All of these are correct.
-Major subsystems of the United States Health System include Managed Care System,
Military and Veterans Systems, Vulnerable Population System, Indian Health System,
Integrated Delivery Systems, Long-term Care System, Public Health System, and: - -
Behavioral Care System
-The United States does not have a well-integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery
system everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of United
States Healthcare Delivery? - -There are multiple subsystems developed either through
, market forces or as a result of policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population
segments.
-An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as: - -a network of organizations
that provides, or arranges to provide, a coordinated continuum of services to a defined
population and is willing to be held clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and
health status of that population.
-A health maintenance organization (HMO) - -is an organization responsible for the
financing and delivery of comprehensive health services to an enrolled population for a
prepaid, fixed fee.
-The American Medical Association's initial reaction to Blue Cross hospital insurance plans
suggested that the plan - -were economically unsound and unethical.
-Following World War II, the federal government excluded health insurance benefits from
wages and excluded workers' contributions to health insurance from taxable income. What
was one of the effects of this? - -It enabled employees to take wage increases in the form of
health insurance fringe benefits rather than cash.
-The primary purpose of Medicare as enacted in 1965 was to - -provide health insurance
for older Americans.
-The most significant social legislation passed by any Congress in the history of the United
States was the - -Social Security Act of 1935
-To ensure that premium dollars paid by consumers are spent primarily on health care,
insurers are required to spend at least what percentage of all premium dollars on
healthcare services and healthcare quality improvement? - -85%
-Today, federally sponsored programs in health care account for more than 40% of U.S.
personal healthcare expenditures. - -True
-Health care in the United States dramatically improved during the 1900s. In the second
half of the century, the technologic advances led to: - -the Sabin and Salk vaccines ended
annual epidemics of poliomyelitis.
the tranquilizers Librium and Valium were introduced and widely prescribed, leading
Americans to turn to medicine to cure their emotional and physical ills.
the birth control pill was first prescribed and became the most widely used and effective
contraceptive method.
All of these are correct.
-The primary purpose of Medicaid as enacted in 1965 was to - -provide health insurance
for low-income individuals
Answers)
Understanding individual parts of a system as well as how these parts interact through
recurring patterns to produce a whole describes which theory? - -Systems Thinking
Theory
-George Engel 1970s "biopsychosocial model" was a better way to understand: - -disease
expression
-System thinking could be applied to health because the model recognized the interaction
of which factors? - -Biological
Psychological
Sociological
All of these are correct.
-An approach that serves as a catalyst to compel ministries (or government departments
and agencies) to work with the health ministry (or the Department of Health and Human
Services in the United States) to address the public health implications and potential
unintended consequences that affect the health of individuals, communities, and the nation
describes: - -Health in All Policies
-True/False? A stakeholder is an individual, group, organization, or entity interested in an
issue, topic, or outcome. - -True
-"Groups of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent components that form a complex
and unified whole best describes a(n): - -system
-The Triple Aim framework consists of pursuing which of the following dimensions? - -
Improving the patient experience of care (including the ability of patients to access high-
quality care that patients are satisfied with)
Improving the health of the population
Reducing the per capita cost of health
All of these are correct.
-Major subsystems of the United States Health System include Managed Care System,
Military and Veterans Systems, Vulnerable Population System, Indian Health System,
Integrated Delivery Systems, Long-term Care System, Public Health System, and: - -
Behavioral Care System
-The United States does not have a well-integrated and coordinated healthcare delivery
system everyone enjoys. Which of the following describes the major subsystems of United
States Healthcare Delivery? - -There are multiple subsystems developed either through
, market forces or as a result of policy initiatives to address the needs of certain population
segments.
-An integrated delivery system (IDS) is best described as: - -a network of organizations
that provides, or arranges to provide, a coordinated continuum of services to a defined
population and is willing to be held clinically and fiscally accountable for the outcomes and
health status of that population.
-A health maintenance organization (HMO) - -is an organization responsible for the
financing and delivery of comprehensive health services to an enrolled population for a
prepaid, fixed fee.
-The American Medical Association's initial reaction to Blue Cross hospital insurance plans
suggested that the plan - -were economically unsound and unethical.
-Following World War II, the federal government excluded health insurance benefits from
wages and excluded workers' contributions to health insurance from taxable income. What
was one of the effects of this? - -It enabled employees to take wage increases in the form of
health insurance fringe benefits rather than cash.
-The primary purpose of Medicare as enacted in 1965 was to - -provide health insurance
for older Americans.
-The most significant social legislation passed by any Congress in the history of the United
States was the - -Social Security Act of 1935
-To ensure that premium dollars paid by consumers are spent primarily on health care,
insurers are required to spend at least what percentage of all premium dollars on
healthcare services and healthcare quality improvement? - -85%
-Today, federally sponsored programs in health care account for more than 40% of U.S.
personal healthcare expenditures. - -True
-Health care in the United States dramatically improved during the 1900s. In the second
half of the century, the technologic advances led to: - -the Sabin and Salk vaccines ended
annual epidemics of poliomyelitis.
the tranquilizers Librium and Valium were introduced and widely prescribed, leading
Americans to turn to medicine to cure their emotional and physical ills.
the birth control pill was first prescribed and became the most widely used and effective
contraceptive method.
All of these are correct.
-The primary purpose of Medicaid as enacted in 1965 was to - -provide health insurance
for low-income individuals
