HCD 303 Exam 1 #1 Questions with correct answers
What are the implications to the healthcare system in Germany when the Berlin
Wall is torn down? - ✔✔The country adopts the health system of West Germany
which is highly decentralized
What is a copayment - ✔✔the set dollar amount that you must pay at the point of
service
Match the part of Medicare listed below with its corresponding definition -
✔✔Part A- covers inpatient services
Part B- covers outpatient services and physician fees
Part C- portion of Medicare that can be purchased to have services provided by
private health insurance organizations
Part D- covers prescription medicines
Which of the following statements is correct?
Cost sharing is a means by which to keep patients from over-utilizing healthcare
services
Healthcare premiums are an example of cost-sharing
Cost sharing is a means by which to incentivize patients to purchase insurance so
they will not have to pay any out-of-pocket costs
,Since the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is entirely funded by the
government, there is no cost-sharing necessary - ✔✔Cost sharing is a means by
which to keep patients from over-utilizing healthcare services
Where did Bloomberg Business Report rank the US healthcare system? - ✔✔54th
How does Lee Kuan Yew's underlying beliefs in the governments role in
healthcare differ from that of the United Kingdom? - ✔✔He believes that a
system that takes care of all of its citizens' needs would diminish the populations
desire to succeed, where the UK believes that this is a shared responsibility of
which the community/government has an obligation to provide completely
Which of the following statements is true?
The world health systems ranking reports cannot be trusted as these are not
reputable sources
The Commonwealth Fund report clearly ranks the US healthcare system much
better than the others
The world health system ranking reports cannot be trusted as these reports all
use different measures for establishing their rankings
It doesn't seem to matter which measures are used within international health
system rankings, so the US healthcare system performs poorly amongst other
developed nations - ✔✔It doesn't seem to matter which measures are used
within international health system rankings, so the US healthcare system
performs poorly amongst other developed nations
, In the early 2000's the Surgeon General released two reports that ultimately led
to the creation of which organization? - ✔✔Institute of Medicine
T or F: The terms decentralized and private are synonyms - ✔✔False.
Decentralized means system organization occurs at the state/regional level, while
private means that ownership is non-governmental
Which aspect of the US healthcare system is represented by the out-of-pocket
model? - ✔✔Uninsured population
Why should we study health and healthcare disparities? - ✔✔Our populations is
extremely diverse, and become more-so with time, increasing the risk of
populations being impacted greater
Although some populations are impacted on a greater scale, the existence of
disparities does impact all of us
What is the NHS? - ✔✔National Health Service
What are the 4 components of a healthcare system? - ✔✔People, parts,
interrelationships, and culture
The health insurance program in Singapore is designed as a low-premium, high-
deductible plan to protect citizens from extremely high healthcare bills -
✔✔Medishield
What are the implications to the healthcare system in Germany when the Berlin
Wall is torn down? - ✔✔The country adopts the health system of West Germany
which is highly decentralized
What is a copayment - ✔✔the set dollar amount that you must pay at the point of
service
Match the part of Medicare listed below with its corresponding definition -
✔✔Part A- covers inpatient services
Part B- covers outpatient services and physician fees
Part C- portion of Medicare that can be purchased to have services provided by
private health insurance organizations
Part D- covers prescription medicines
Which of the following statements is correct?
Cost sharing is a means by which to keep patients from over-utilizing healthcare
services
Healthcare premiums are an example of cost-sharing
Cost sharing is a means by which to incentivize patients to purchase insurance so
they will not have to pay any out-of-pocket costs
,Since the healthcare system in the United Kingdom is entirely funded by the
government, there is no cost-sharing necessary - ✔✔Cost sharing is a means by
which to keep patients from over-utilizing healthcare services
Where did Bloomberg Business Report rank the US healthcare system? - ✔✔54th
How does Lee Kuan Yew's underlying beliefs in the governments role in
healthcare differ from that of the United Kingdom? - ✔✔He believes that a
system that takes care of all of its citizens' needs would diminish the populations
desire to succeed, where the UK believes that this is a shared responsibility of
which the community/government has an obligation to provide completely
Which of the following statements is true?
The world health systems ranking reports cannot be trusted as these are not
reputable sources
The Commonwealth Fund report clearly ranks the US healthcare system much
better than the others
The world health system ranking reports cannot be trusted as these reports all
use different measures for establishing their rankings
It doesn't seem to matter which measures are used within international health
system rankings, so the US healthcare system performs poorly amongst other
developed nations - ✔✔It doesn't seem to matter which measures are used
within international health system rankings, so the US healthcare system
performs poorly amongst other developed nations
, In the early 2000's the Surgeon General released two reports that ultimately led
to the creation of which organization? - ✔✔Institute of Medicine
T or F: The terms decentralized and private are synonyms - ✔✔False.
Decentralized means system organization occurs at the state/regional level, while
private means that ownership is non-governmental
Which aspect of the US healthcare system is represented by the out-of-pocket
model? - ✔✔Uninsured population
Why should we study health and healthcare disparities? - ✔✔Our populations is
extremely diverse, and become more-so with time, increasing the risk of
populations being impacted greater
Although some populations are impacted on a greater scale, the existence of
disparities does impact all of us
What is the NHS? - ✔✔National Health Service
What are the 4 components of a healthcare system? - ✔✔People, parts,
interrelationships, and culture
The health insurance program in Singapore is designed as a low-premium, high-
deductible plan to protect citizens from extremely high healthcare bills -
✔✔Medishield
