MHA 708 QUIZ 1- Answered
A collective of individuals or entities that hold a common set of preferences on a
particular health issue and often seek to influence policymaking or public opinion. -
ANSWER-Interest group
A combined mortality- morbidity index that reflects years of life free of disability and
symptoms of illness. - ANSWER-Quality adjusted life years
A managed care organization that integrates medical care with payment and typically
requires the use of a specified panel of providers. - ANSWER-health maintenance
organization (HMO)
A managed care organization that offers unrestricted provider options to enrollees and
discounted fee arrangements to providers - ANSWER-Preferred provider organization
A physical or mental condition that limits an individual's ability to perform functions
considered normal. - ANSWER-Disability
Activities seeking to influence an individual or organization with decision-making
authority - ANSWER-lobbying
Anticipated number of years of life remaining at a given age. - ANSWER-Life
expectancy
Behavioral risk factors three categories - ANSWER-leisure activity risks, consumption
risks, and employment participation and occupational risks
considers the general health and well-being of individuals more than it does disease. It
maintains that health is best understood by examining the larger context of community -
ANSWER-Environmental Theory
consumers and patients, healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, payers and
insurers, regulators, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, educational
and research institutions, and businesses and corporations. - ANSWER-major
stakeholders in US health policy
decision made by an authority about an action—either one to be taken or one to be
prohibited—to promote or limit the occurrence of a particular circumstance in a
population. - ANSWER-Policy
decision making that affects the general population or significant segments thereof—is
meant to improve the conditions and general welfare of the population or
subpopulations under its jurisdiction - ANSWER-Public Policy
A collective of individuals or entities that hold a common set of preferences on a
particular health issue and often seek to influence policymaking or public opinion. -
ANSWER-Interest group
A combined mortality- morbidity index that reflects years of life free of disability and
symptoms of illness. - ANSWER-Quality adjusted life years
A managed care organization that integrates medical care with payment and typically
requires the use of a specified panel of providers. - ANSWER-health maintenance
organization (HMO)
A managed care organization that offers unrestricted provider options to enrollees and
discounted fee arrangements to providers - ANSWER-Preferred provider organization
A physical or mental condition that limits an individual's ability to perform functions
considered normal. - ANSWER-Disability
Activities seeking to influence an individual or organization with decision-making
authority - ANSWER-lobbying
Anticipated number of years of life remaining at a given age. - ANSWER-Life
expectancy
Behavioral risk factors three categories - ANSWER-leisure activity risks, consumption
risks, and employment participation and occupational risks
considers the general health and well-being of individuals more than it does disease. It
maintains that health is best understood by examining the larger context of community -
ANSWER-Environmental Theory
consumers and patients, healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, payers and
insurers, regulators, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, educational
and research institutions, and businesses and corporations. - ANSWER-major
stakeholders in US health policy
decision made by an authority about an action—either one to be taken or one to be
prohibited—to promote or limit the occurrence of a particular circumstance in a
population. - ANSWER-Policy
decision making that affects the general population or significant segments thereof—is
meant to improve the conditions and general welfare of the population or
subpopulations under its jurisdiction - ANSWER-Public Policy
