PHPM 310 FINAL exam with complete
solutions
Health insurance helps: - ANSWER- -consumers lower the cost of health care
should they get sick
-doctors & hospitals increase their revenue
Physician assistants must complete 1 year of residency training after completing
their degree to obtain a license to practice. - ANSWER- FALSE
To practice as a physician assistant one must: - ANSWER- -complete annual
continuing education requirements
-graduate from credited program
-pass national exam
In the US, having health insurance______. - ANSWER- ensures access to health
care & protect against economic loss
Development of the physician assistant profession was spurred by a desire to
enhance___________________________________________. - ANSWER- access to
primary care and efficiency of surgeons
Compared to a successful medical school applicants, successful physician
assistant applications have more______________. - ANSWER- health care
experience
There is a greater variation in salary among physicians assistants than family
practice physicians. - ANSWER- FALSE
Hospital spending grows faster where hospital competition is ________ &
managed care penetration is _______. - ANSWER- low & low
, When the federal government began to pay hospitals using prospective payment
based on diagnosis related groups ---> - ANSWER- It won't incentivized hospitals
to provide more tests & treatments and will not lead to rapid growth in year-to-
year spending
Medical students closely resemble the general population with regard to: -
ANSWER- neither their race or socioeconomic background
Specialist physicians earn ____________ dollars than primary care physicians
over their lifetime. - ANSWER- $1-$3 million, they earn a little bit more
Which statement regarding the relationship between income & life expectancy is
true? - ANSWER- (all)
-life expectancy among those who income is <100% FPL
-life expectancy is lower among those who income is <400% FPL
-life expectancy among those whose income is b/w 300-399% FPL is lower than
those w/ incomes >400% FPL
If the US were able to spend more on health care this year it would not improve
population health, but if the US committed to spending more over the next 10-15
years it would. - ANSWER- TRUE
The following factors tend to make it difficult to show that prevention programs
save money: - ANSWER- -prevention tends to add years to the end of one's life
when its expensive
-implementation barriers make it costly to reach the population in the most need
In the US, accessing primary care physicians is a problem because primary care
physicians are: - ANSWER- to few in numbers and unevenly distributed
What are the limitations of cost-utility analysis? - ANSWER- calculating quality
units of health
In a cost effective analysis , the outcome is valued in? - ANSWER- dollars and
natural units of health
Today, the most common degree earned by physician assistant is the bachelors
of science. - ANSWER- FALSE
"One service, man prices" best describes a multi-payer healthcare system. -
ANSWER- TRUE
solutions
Health insurance helps: - ANSWER- -consumers lower the cost of health care
should they get sick
-doctors & hospitals increase their revenue
Physician assistants must complete 1 year of residency training after completing
their degree to obtain a license to practice. - ANSWER- FALSE
To practice as a physician assistant one must: - ANSWER- -complete annual
continuing education requirements
-graduate from credited program
-pass national exam
In the US, having health insurance______. - ANSWER- ensures access to health
care & protect against economic loss
Development of the physician assistant profession was spurred by a desire to
enhance___________________________________________. - ANSWER- access to
primary care and efficiency of surgeons
Compared to a successful medical school applicants, successful physician
assistant applications have more______________. - ANSWER- health care
experience
There is a greater variation in salary among physicians assistants than family
practice physicians. - ANSWER- FALSE
Hospital spending grows faster where hospital competition is ________ &
managed care penetration is _______. - ANSWER- low & low
, When the federal government began to pay hospitals using prospective payment
based on diagnosis related groups ---> - ANSWER- It won't incentivized hospitals
to provide more tests & treatments and will not lead to rapid growth in year-to-
year spending
Medical students closely resemble the general population with regard to: -
ANSWER- neither their race or socioeconomic background
Specialist physicians earn ____________ dollars than primary care physicians
over their lifetime. - ANSWER- $1-$3 million, they earn a little bit more
Which statement regarding the relationship between income & life expectancy is
true? - ANSWER- (all)
-life expectancy among those who income is <100% FPL
-life expectancy is lower among those who income is <400% FPL
-life expectancy among those whose income is b/w 300-399% FPL is lower than
those w/ incomes >400% FPL
If the US were able to spend more on health care this year it would not improve
population health, but if the US committed to spending more over the next 10-15
years it would. - ANSWER- TRUE
The following factors tend to make it difficult to show that prevention programs
save money: - ANSWER- -prevention tends to add years to the end of one's life
when its expensive
-implementation barriers make it costly to reach the population in the most need
In the US, accessing primary care physicians is a problem because primary care
physicians are: - ANSWER- to few in numbers and unevenly distributed
What are the limitations of cost-utility analysis? - ANSWER- calculating quality
units of health
In a cost effective analysis , the outcome is valued in? - ANSWER- dollars and
natural units of health
Today, the most common degree earned by physician assistant is the bachelors
of science. - ANSWER- FALSE
"One service, man prices" best describes a multi-payer healthcare system. -
ANSWER- TRUE
