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Chapter: Chapter 01 - Practice Activities
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following changes in health care has been the most significant with the implementation of
the Affordable Care Act?
A) More physicians available
B) Better trained nurse practitioners
C) An increase in the number of individuals who have access to health care
D) Medications that are more effective in treating disease
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: The most significant change in health care in the United States in the past 5 years is the
number of individuals who have access to health care with the implementation of the ACA.
2. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what is the best “vaccine” against common
diseases?
A) Access to health care
B) Highly trained practitioners
C) Adequate diet
D) All of these are correct.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: According to the WHO, the best “vaccine” against common diseases is an adequate diet.
3. What was the main focus for addressing inefficiencies and disparities in the current health system?
A) Decreased spending
B) Improved health outcomes
C) More physician privileges
D) Implementing more rural health clinics
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
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,Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Another critical issue that needs to be addressed is the inefficiencies and disparities in the
current system. Comparisons with other countries and across states show large variations in spending
without commensurate differences in health outcomes.
4. What is the downside to improved health care and longevity?
A) Increased cost for medications
B) Limited access to rural health care
C) Infectious disease epidemics
D) Presence of multiple chronic conditions
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: The downside to improved health care and longevity is that one-third of the population over
age 65 has multiple chronic conditions.
Short Answer
1. ________________ is a U.S. government program that is financed by federal, state, and local funds of
hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
Ans: Medicaid
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Medicaid is a U.S. government program financed by federal, state, and local funds of
hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
2. ________________ are related to contaminated food and water, inadequate housing, and sewage
disposal.
Ans: Epidemics
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Since the dawn of recorded history (and undoubtedly before), human beings have suffered
sudden and devastating epidemics and diseases. In the United States in the second half of the nineteenth
century, the most critical health problems were related to industrialization and crowded living conditions in
cities. Improper sewage disposal resulted in contaminated water, and lack of refrigeration resulted in
contaminated food.
3. By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of the discovery of
________________ as the cause for infectious diseases.
Ans: microbes
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
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,Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of the
discovery of microbes as the cause for infectious diseases and the development of antibiotics that were
effective in treating bacterial infections such as pneumonia and tuberculosis.
4. In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will require ________________ from
family or paid caregivers and health services from a variety of health professionals.
Ans: personal assistance
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will require personal
assistance from family and paid caregivers and health services from a variety of health professionals.
5. In the United States, viral gastroenteritis is the most common viral infection, and ________________ is
the most common bacterial infection—both organisms cause food-borne illness.
Ans: salmonellosis
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Forward
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: In the United States, viral gastroenteritis is the most common viral infection, and salmonellosis
is the most common bacterial infection—both organisms cause food-borne illness.
6. ________________ increases the risk for surgical infections, pneumonia, and sepsis in hospitalized
patients and requires stringent infection control measures to prevent spread of the bacteria causing the
infection from patient to patient and among healthcare workers.
Ans: MRSA
Alternate ans: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Forward
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: MSRA increases the risk for surgical infections, pneumonia, and sepsis in hospitalized
patients and requires stringent infection control measures to prevent spread of the bacteria causing the
infection from patient to patient and among healthcare workers.
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Chapter: Chapter 02 - Practice Activities
Multiple Choice
1. What is the name of the agency established in 2001 to support free clinics in nearly all states in the
United States?
A) American Medical Association (AMA)
B) The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC)
C) American Association of Medical Assistance (AAMA)
D) Government Funded Free Care (GFFC)
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Healthcare Facilities
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) was established in 2001 to support 1,200
free clinics in nearly all states within the United States.
2. The passage of which legislation created the Medicare and Medicaid programs that funded health care
for people over 65 years of age through Medicare and for the indigent through Medicaid?
A) Social Security Act
B) Omnibus Reconciliation Act
C) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
D) Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The passage of the Social Security Act of 1965 created the Medicare and Medicaid programs
that funded health care for those over 65 years of age through Medicare and for the indigent through
Medicaid.
3. Hospitals emerged from _________, which were institutions that cared for the poor who were
chronically ill or disabled.
A) nursing homes
B) hospices
C) almshouses
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,D) townhouses
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: Hospitals emerged from almshouses, institutions that care for the poor who were chronically ill
or disabled.
4. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for all of the following,
except:
A) public hospitals.
B) Medicare.
C) Indian health.
D) mental health services.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Public Health Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: HHS is responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, public health, biomedical research, food and drug
safety, disease control and prevention, Indian health, and mental health services.
True/False
1. True or False? Free clinics are largely unnecessary since the implementation of the Affordable Care
Act.
Ans: False.
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Healthcare Facilities
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: There is a popular misconception that free clinics are no longer necessary after the
implementation of the ACA. However, an estimated 29 million (11%) of those living in the United States
were uninsured in 2019.
Short Answer
1. The _____________ is the key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
Ans: hospital
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The hospital is the key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
2. A(n) ________ hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses, corporations,
and physicians.
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,Ans: private
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: A private hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses,
corporations, and physicians.
Matching
1. Match the following terms to their definitions.
1. Has been the most used of the healthcare services, most often provided in the hospital or ambulatory
care setting, and involves laboratory tests and X-rays and other technology to make a diagnosis
Ans: Diagnosis and treatment of illness
2. Educational efforts aimed at involving consumers in their own care include attention to and recognition
of risk factors, environmental changes to reduce the threat of illness, occupational safety measures, and
public health education programs and legislation
Ans: Disease prevention services
3. Involve the restoration of a person to normal or near normal function after a physical or mental illness
Ans: Rehabilitation services
4. Help clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and follow healthy lifestyles
Ans: Health promotion services
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Categories of Healthcare Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: Health promotion services help clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and
follow healthy lifestyles. Disease prevention services offer a wide variety of assistance and activities.
Educational efforts aimed at involving consumers in their own care include attention to and recognition of
risk factors, environmental changes to reduce the threat of illness, occupational safety measures, and
public health education programs and legislation. Diagnosis and treatment of illness has been the most
used of the health care services, most often provided in the hospital or ambulatory care setting and
involves laboratory tests and x-rays and other technology to make a diagnosis; examples of treatment are
surgery, physical and speech therapy and medications. Rehabilitation services involve the restoration of a
person to normal or near normal function after a physical or mental illness, including chemical addiction.
2. Match the following hospital terms to their definitions.
1. More than one hospital managed by one organization or a single hospital that includes other healthcare
organizations
Ans: Hospital system
2. Usually nonprofit and often owned and operated by religious organizations
Ans: Voluntary hospitals
3. A group of hospitals, physicians, and other providers such as physical therapists or mental health
workers, insurers, and other community agencies that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad
spectrum of services within a town or geographic region
Ans: Network of hospitals
4. Financed and operated by a government agency, for example by the city, county, or state
Ans: Public hospitals
5. Operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships, or corporations that own them
Ans: Proprietary hospitals
6. Independent, nonprofit corporations consisting of local citizens interested in providing hospital care for
their community
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,Ans: Community hospitals
7. Owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses, corporations, and physicians
Ans: Private hospitals
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: A public hospital is financed and operated by a government agency, for example by the city,
county, or state. A private hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses,
corporations, and physicians. Voluntary hospitals are usually nonprofit and often are owned and operated
by religious organizations. Community hospitals are independent, nonprofit corporations consisting of
local citizens interested in providing hospital care for their community. Proprietary hospitals or for-profit
hospitals are operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships, or corporations that own
them. A hospital system is defined as either more than one hospital managed by one organization or a
single hospital that includes other healthcare organizations. A network is a group of hospitals, physicians,
and other providers such as physical therapists or mental health workers, insurers and other community
agencies that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services within a town or
geographic region.
3. Match the following organizations to the statement that best describes them.
1. Protects the public health of the nation by providing leadership and direction in the prevention and
control of diseases and other preventable conditions, and responding to public health emergencies
Ans: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2. Supports research designed to improve quality and patient safety, reduce healthcare costs and medical
errors and broaden access to essential services
Ans: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
3. Combines oversight of the Medicare program, the federal portion of the Medicaid program and State
Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and related quality assurance
activities
Ans: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4. Ensures that food is safe, pure, and wholesome; human and animal drugs, biological products, and
medical devices are safe and effective; and electronic products that emit radiation are safe
Ans: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
5. Ensures access to community support and resources to meet needs of older Americans and people
with disabilities
Ans: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
6. Prevents exposure to toxic substances and the adverse health effects and diminished quality of life
associated with exposure from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of environmental
pollution
Ans: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Public Health Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: From Table 2.2: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protects the public health
of the nation by providing leadership and direction in the prevention and control of diseases and other
preventable conditions, and responding to public health emergencies. Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) supports research designed to improve quality and patient safety, reduce healthcare
costs and medical errors and broaden access to essential services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) combines oversight of the Medicare program, the federal portion of the Medicaid program
and State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and related quality
assurance activities. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that food is safe, pure, and
wholesome; human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective;
and electronic products that emit radiation are safe. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) prevents exposure to toxic substances and the adverse health effects and diminished quality of
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, life associated with exposure from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of environmental
pollution.
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Chapter: Chapter 01 - Practice Activities
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following changes in health care has been the most significant with the implementation of
the Affordable Care Act?
A) More physicians available
B) Better trained nurse practitioners
C) An increase in the number of individuals who have access to health care
D) Medications that are more effective in treating disease
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: The most significant change in health care in the United States in the past 5 years is the
number of individuals who have access to health care with the implementation of the ACA.
2. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), what is the best “vaccine” against common
diseases?
A) Access to health care
B) Highly trained practitioners
C) Adequate diet
D) All of these are correct.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: According to the WHO, the best “vaccine” against common diseases is an adequate diet.
3. What was the main focus for addressing inefficiencies and disparities in the current health system?
A) Decreased spending
B) Improved health outcomes
C) More physician privileges
D) Implementing more rural health clinics
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
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,Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Another critical issue that needs to be addressed is the inefficiencies and disparities in the
current system. Comparisons with other countries and across states show large variations in spending
without commensurate differences in health outcomes.
4. What is the downside to improved health care and longevity?
A) Increased cost for medications
B) Limited access to rural health care
C) Infectious disease epidemics
D) Presence of multiple chronic conditions
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: The downside to improved health care and longevity is that one-third of the population over
age 65 has multiple chronic conditions.
Short Answer
1. ________________ is a U.S. government program that is financed by federal, state, and local funds of
hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
Ans: Medicaid
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Historical Events Impacting Health Care
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Medicaid is a U.S. government program financed by federal, state, and local funds of
hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
2. ________________ are related to contaminated food and water, inadequate housing, and sewage
disposal.
Ans: Epidemics
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: Since the dawn of recorded history (and undoubtedly before), human beings have suffered
sudden and devastating epidemics and diseases. In the United States in the second half of the nineteenth
century, the most critical health problems were related to industrialization and crowded living conditions in
cities. Improper sewage disposal resulted in contaminated water, and lack of refrigeration resulted in
contaminated food.
3. By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of the discovery of
________________ as the cause for infectious diseases.
Ans: microbes
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Look Back
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,Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of the
discovery of microbes as the cause for infectious diseases and the development of antibiotics that were
effective in treating bacterial infections such as pneumonia and tuberculosis.
4. In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will require ________________ from
family or paid caregivers and health services from a variety of health professionals.
Ans: personal assistance
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Back
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will require personal
assistance from family and paid caregivers and health services from a variety of health professionals.
5. In the United States, viral gastroenteritis is the most common viral infection, and ________________ is
the most common bacterial infection—both organisms cause food-borne illness.
Ans: salmonellosis
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Forward
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: In the United States, viral gastroenteritis is the most common viral infection, and salmonellosis
is the most common bacterial infection—both organisms cause food-borne illness.
6. ________________ increases the risk for surgical infections, pneumonia, and sepsis in hospitalized
patients and requires stringent infection control measures to prevent spread of the bacteria causing the
infection from patient to patient and among healthcare workers.
Ans: MRSA
Alternate ans: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Look Forward
Subject: Chapter 1
Feedback: MSRA increases the risk for surgical infections, pneumonia, and sepsis in hospitalized
patients and requires stringent infection control measures to prevent spread of the bacteria causing the
infection from patient to patient and among healthcare workers.
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Chapter: Chapter 02 - Practice Activities
Multiple Choice
1. What is the name of the agency established in 2001 to support free clinics in nearly all states in the
United States?
A) American Medical Association (AMA)
B) The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC)
C) American Association of Medical Assistance (AAMA)
D) Government Funded Free Care (GFFC)
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Healthcare Facilities
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) was established in 2001 to support 1,200
free clinics in nearly all states within the United States.
2. The passage of which legislation created the Medicare and Medicaid programs that funded health care
for people over 65 years of age through Medicare and for the indigent through Medicaid?
A) Social Security Act
B) Omnibus Reconciliation Act
C) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
D) Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The passage of the Social Security Act of 1965 created the Medicare and Medicaid programs
that funded health care for those over 65 years of age through Medicare and for the indigent through
Medicaid.
3. Hospitals emerged from _________, which were institutions that cared for the poor who were
chronically ill or disabled.
A) nursing homes
B) hospices
C) almshouses
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,D) townhouses
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: Hospitals emerged from almshouses, institutions that care for the poor who were chronically ill
or disabled.
4. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for all of the following,
except:
A) public hospitals.
B) Medicare.
C) Indian health.
D) mental health services.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Public Health Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: HHS is responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, public health, biomedical research, food and drug
safety, disease control and prevention, Indian health, and mental health services.
True/False
1. True or False? Free clinics are largely unnecessary since the implementation of the Affordable Care
Act.
Ans: False.
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Healthcare Facilities
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: There is a popular misconception that free clinics are no longer necessary after the
implementation of the ACA. However, an estimated 29 million (11%) of those living in the United States
were uninsured in 2019.
Short Answer
1. The _____________ is the key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
Ans: hospital
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: The hospital is the key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
2. A(n) ________ hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses, corporations,
and physicians.
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,Ans: private
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: A private hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses,
corporations, and physicians.
Matching
1. Match the following terms to their definitions.
1. Has been the most used of the healthcare services, most often provided in the hospital or ambulatory
care setting, and involves laboratory tests and X-rays and other technology to make a diagnosis
Ans: Diagnosis and treatment of illness
2. Educational efforts aimed at involving consumers in their own care include attention to and recognition
of risk factors, environmental changes to reduce the threat of illness, occupational safety measures, and
public health education programs and legislation
Ans: Disease prevention services
3. Involve the restoration of a person to normal or near normal function after a physical or mental illness
Ans: Rehabilitation services
4. Help clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and follow healthy lifestyles
Ans: Health promotion services
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Categories of Healthcare Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: Health promotion services help clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and
follow healthy lifestyles. Disease prevention services offer a wide variety of assistance and activities.
Educational efforts aimed at involving consumers in their own care include attention to and recognition of
risk factors, environmental changes to reduce the threat of illness, occupational safety measures, and
public health education programs and legislation. Diagnosis and treatment of illness has been the most
used of the health care services, most often provided in the hospital or ambulatory care setting and
involves laboratory tests and x-rays and other technology to make a diagnosis; examples of treatment are
surgery, physical and speech therapy and medications. Rehabilitation services involve the restoration of a
person to normal or near normal function after a physical or mental illness, including chemical addiction.
2. Match the following hospital terms to their definitions.
1. More than one hospital managed by one organization or a single hospital that includes other healthcare
organizations
Ans: Hospital system
2. Usually nonprofit and often owned and operated by religious organizations
Ans: Voluntary hospitals
3. A group of hospitals, physicians, and other providers such as physical therapists or mental health
workers, insurers, and other community agencies that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad
spectrum of services within a town or geographic region
Ans: Network of hospitals
4. Financed and operated by a government agency, for example by the city, county, or state
Ans: Public hospitals
5. Operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships, or corporations that own them
Ans: Proprietary hospitals
6. Independent, nonprofit corporations consisting of local citizens interested in providing hospital care for
their community
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,Ans: Community hospitals
7. Owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses, corporations, and physicians
Ans: Private hospitals
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Hospitals: Development and Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: A public hospital is financed and operated by a government agency, for example by the city,
county, or state. A private hospital is owned and operated by groups such as churches, businesses,
corporations, and physicians. Voluntary hospitals are usually nonprofit and often are owned and operated
by religious organizations. Community hospitals are independent, nonprofit corporations consisting of
local citizens interested in providing hospital care for their community. Proprietary hospitals or for-profit
hospitals are operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships, or corporations that own
them. A hospital system is defined as either more than one hospital managed by one organization or a
single hospital that includes other healthcare organizations. A network is a group of hospitals, physicians,
and other providers such as physical therapists or mental health workers, insurers and other community
agencies that work together to coordinate and deliver a broad spectrum of services within a town or
geographic region.
3. Match the following organizations to the statement that best describes them.
1. Protects the public health of the nation by providing leadership and direction in the prevention and
control of diseases and other preventable conditions, and responding to public health emergencies
Ans: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2. Supports research designed to improve quality and patient safety, reduce healthcare costs and medical
errors and broaden access to essential services
Ans: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
3. Combines oversight of the Medicare program, the federal portion of the Medicaid program and State
Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and related quality assurance
activities
Ans: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
4. Ensures that food is safe, pure, and wholesome; human and animal drugs, biological products, and
medical devices are safe and effective; and electronic products that emit radiation are safe
Ans: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
5. Ensures access to community support and resources to meet needs of older Americans and people
with disabilities
Ans: Administration for Community Living (ACL)
6. Prevents exposure to toxic substances and the adverse health effects and diminished quality of life
associated with exposure from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of environmental
pollution
Ans: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Public Health Services
Subject: Chapter 2
Feedback: From Table 2.2: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protects the public health
of the nation by providing leadership and direction in the prevention and control of diseases and other
preventable conditions, and responding to public health emergencies. Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) supports research designed to improve quality and patient safety, reduce healthcare
costs and medical errors and broaden access to essential services. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) combines oversight of the Medicare program, the federal portion of the Medicaid program
and State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Marketplace, and related quality
assurance activities. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that food is safe, pure, and
wholesome; human and animal drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective;
and electronic products that emit radiation are safe. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR) prevents exposure to toxic substances and the adverse health effects and diminished quality of
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, life associated with exposure from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of environmental
pollution.
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