HCA 2026 LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔social justice - ✔✔is at odds with the principles of capitalism and market justice;
according to this principle, the equitable distribution of health care is a societal
responsibility. This goal can best be achieved by letting a central agency--generally the
government--take over the production and distribution functions. Regards healthcare as
a social good that should be collectively financed and available to all citizens regardless
of ability to pay.
Limitations of this reasoning are recognized, so the government must find ways of
limiting the availability of certain health care services, known as planned rationing or
supply-side rationing.
✔✔healthy peoples initiative - ✔✔a series of 10 year plans outlining certain key national
health objectives to be accomplished during each of the 10- year time frames.
has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to 1) encourage
collaborations across communities and sectors 2) empower individuals toward making
informed health decisions 3) measure the impact of prevention activities
✔✔public health - ✔✔focuses on improving the health and well being of the total
population.
, ✔✔determinants of public health - ✔✔social: acknowledges the effects of
demographics, socioeconomic status, personal behavior, and community level
inequalities and their defining influence on health. Personal demographics directly
contribute to vulnerability levels. Social and income inequalities have also been shown
to contribute to disparities in health.
medical: includes a broad spectrum of medical care services and interventions to
improve health.
✔✔policy interventions - ✔✔ways in which public policy directly guards the welfare of
the nation. Examples include the Occupation Safety and Health Act (OSHA) which aims
to protect employees of companies form the potential dangers of an unsafe environment
that may exist at the workplace.
✔✔community based interventions - ✔✔many of the sources of health disparities may
be addressed at the community or local level. An understanding of the multidimensional
risks and needs in a particular community can better equip local agencies responsible
for designing interventions to successfully address health disparities in their
communities.
ex) in an effort to counteract the rise in childhood obesity, many schools are beginning
classroom conducted nutritional programs
✔✔health care interventions - ✔✔interventions that can potentially improve patient care
while also reducing waste in the health care system
✔✔individual level interventions - ✔✔critical in counteracting the effects of negative
social determinants on health status. Altering individual behaviors that influence health
is often the focus.
✔✔financing - ✔✔any mechanism that gives people the ability to pay for health care
services.
-for most, this is necessary for people to access healthcare
-also includes the various methods of paying providers for the health care they deliver
its two functions:
-purchase of health insurance & payment for the services delivered to insured patients
-private employers and the gov't are the primary financiers of health care in the US
✔✔health care financing and its effects - ✔✔-financing of private and public health
-payment to providers
-moral hazard
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔social justice - ✔✔is at odds with the principles of capitalism and market justice;
according to this principle, the equitable distribution of health care is a societal
responsibility. This goal can best be achieved by letting a central agency--generally the
government--take over the production and distribution functions. Regards healthcare as
a social good that should be collectively financed and available to all citizens regardless
of ability to pay.
Limitations of this reasoning are recognized, so the government must find ways of
limiting the availability of certain health care services, known as planned rationing or
supply-side rationing.
✔✔healthy peoples initiative - ✔✔a series of 10 year plans outlining certain key national
health objectives to be accomplished during each of the 10- year time frames.
has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to 1) encourage
collaborations across communities and sectors 2) empower individuals toward making
informed health decisions 3) measure the impact of prevention activities
✔✔public health - ✔✔focuses on improving the health and well being of the total
population.
, ✔✔determinants of public health - ✔✔social: acknowledges the effects of
demographics, socioeconomic status, personal behavior, and community level
inequalities and their defining influence on health. Personal demographics directly
contribute to vulnerability levels. Social and income inequalities have also been shown
to contribute to disparities in health.
medical: includes a broad spectrum of medical care services and interventions to
improve health.
✔✔policy interventions - ✔✔ways in which public policy directly guards the welfare of
the nation. Examples include the Occupation Safety and Health Act (OSHA) which aims
to protect employees of companies form the potential dangers of an unsafe environment
that may exist at the workplace.
✔✔community based interventions - ✔✔many of the sources of health disparities may
be addressed at the community or local level. An understanding of the multidimensional
risks and needs in a particular community can better equip local agencies responsible
for designing interventions to successfully address health disparities in their
communities.
ex) in an effort to counteract the rise in childhood obesity, many schools are beginning
classroom conducted nutritional programs
✔✔health care interventions - ✔✔interventions that can potentially improve patient care
while also reducing waste in the health care system
✔✔individual level interventions - ✔✔critical in counteracting the effects of negative
social determinants on health status. Altering individual behaviors that influence health
is often the focus.
✔✔financing - ✔✔any mechanism that gives people the ability to pay for health care
services.
-for most, this is necessary for people to access healthcare
-also includes the various methods of paying providers for the health care they deliver
its two functions:
-purchase of health insurance & payment for the services delivered to insured patients
-private employers and the gov't are the primary financiers of health care in the US
✔✔health care financing and its effects - ✔✔-financing of private and public health
-payment to providers
-moral hazard
