MHA 708
MHA 708 Exam D Study Questions and
Answers 100% Verified
Define disparity
Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age;
disparity in rank
What defines health disparities?
Healthy People 2020
8 determinants to the scope of a health care problem (8 groups of at risk
people)
1. Racial inequities
2. ethnic inequities
3. gender
4. sexual orientation
5. age
6. access to medical coverage/insurance coverage
7. geographic location
8. health literacy
Recognition of ___ is crucial to the understanding of ___
health determinants
health disparities
most significant variable influencing populations is
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insurance status
5 populations that are disproportionate with burden of disease
1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. disabled
3. women
4. economically and educationally disadvantaged
5. medically underserved
Health disparities are difference in the .... (x6)
- according to Unequal Treatment (IOM) 2002
1. Incidence
2. Prevalence
3. Mortality
4. Burden of disease
5. Other
6 things that cause health disparities
1. Insurance status
2. Socioeconomic status
3. Residential/geographic segregation
4. English is second language
5. Cultural and racial bias
6. Stereotyping
When was the Affordable Care Act published?
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March 2010
What did the Affordable Care Act predict?
The greatest impact to reducing disparities is to reduce financial barriers to
care
What was the result of the publication of the Affordable Care Act?
Increased access to care and health insurance for ~32M americans
3 goals of the affordable care act?
1. Increasing insurance quality and affordability
2. Decreasing number of uninsured americans
3. Decreasing health care costs
T/F: The affordable care act was the largest overhaul in american health care
since medicare and medicaid in 1965
T
2 definitions of health literacy
1. The degree to which someone can understand basic health information
2. The capacity that an individual can ascertain services to mae appropriate
health decisions
T/F: There is no correlation between low health literacy and health disparities
among minorities
F
There is a high correlation
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MHA 708 Exam D Study Questions and
Answers 100% Verified
Define disparity
Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age;
disparity in rank
What defines health disparities?
Healthy People 2020
8 determinants to the scope of a health care problem (8 groups of at risk
people)
1. Racial inequities
2. ethnic inequities
3. gender
4. sexual orientation
5. age
6. access to medical coverage/insurance coverage
7. geographic location
8. health literacy
Recognition of ___ is crucial to the understanding of ___
health determinants
health disparities
most significant variable influencing populations is
1|Page
,MHA 708
insurance status
5 populations that are disproportionate with burden of disease
1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. disabled
3. women
4. economically and educationally disadvantaged
5. medically underserved
Health disparities are difference in the .... (x6)
- according to Unequal Treatment (IOM) 2002
1. Incidence
2. Prevalence
3. Mortality
4. Burden of disease
5. Other
6 things that cause health disparities
1. Insurance status
2. Socioeconomic status
3. Residential/geographic segregation
4. English is second language
5. Cultural and racial bias
6. Stereotyping
When was the Affordable Care Act published?
2|Page
, MHA 708
March 2010
What did the Affordable Care Act predict?
The greatest impact to reducing disparities is to reduce financial barriers to
care
What was the result of the publication of the Affordable Care Act?
Increased access to care and health insurance for ~32M americans
3 goals of the affordable care act?
1. Increasing insurance quality and affordability
2. Decreasing number of uninsured americans
3. Decreasing health care costs
T/F: The affordable care act was the largest overhaul in american health care
since medicare and medicaid in 1965
T
2 definitions of health literacy
1. The degree to which someone can understand basic health information
2. The capacity that an individual can ascertain services to mae appropriate
health decisions
T/F: There is no correlation between low health literacy and health disparities
among minorities
F
There is a high correlation
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