HCD 303 Global Healthcare Systems
Final Exam Practice Questions
How much do individual behaviors impact the health of a population?
30%
40%
10%
5%
15%
What are the 3 goals of a healthcare system?
To provide the best technological advancements available to patients
Adequate quality, reasonable cost, and access to those who can afford it
High quality, low cost, easy access
Patient outcomes, patient safety, and patient satisfaction
Universal coverage, regardless of cost
What is a subsidy?
The principle that the government has a responsibility to ensure all citizens have access to
essential social services including healthcare
Government assistance
The principle that all matters should be handled by the lowest level of government that makes operational sense
A government endowment that helps those in the lowest income brackets to pay the remainder of their payments that they cannot otherwise afford
What is Project ECHO?
A continuing medical education model where teams of specialists train primary care providers to treat complex patients in need of specialty care services
A continuing medical education model that makes sense in other countries with universal coverage, but is failing in the US because of the fragmentation in our system
The idea that if you tell your patients their care instructions enough, eventually they will understand it
The idea that if you ask your patients to repeat back their care instructions, their chance of retaining it doubles
This health insurance program in Singapore is designed as a low-premium, high-deductible plan to protect citizens from extremely high healthcare bills.
Medifund
Medishield
Medicare
Medisave
Medicaid
Which of the following statements are TRUE when comparing the key distinctions between the DRG payment model and reference pricing? Select all that apply.
Reference pricing allows hospital's to charge as much as they would like, while DRG's does not
There is no difference between these two payment models, they names can be used interchangeably
Reference pricing may provide greater price transparency to patients, but can also provide greater financial risk to patients DRG's are bundled, while reference pricing is not
When referencing healthcare systems, the term centralized means:
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized at the federal level
Regulations and oversight of the system is left to the responsibility of individual regions or states
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized with the CEOs of healthcare organizations
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized within the government at any level
In Singapore, this health insurance program is specifically designed to help citizens in the lowest income bracket pay for their medical bills.
Medisave
Medifund
Medicare
Medicaid
Medishield
Where does the US healthcare systems ranks internationally in terms of overall system performance?
Within top 3 in the world
Within top 50, but not top 20
Within top 5, but not top 3
Within top 10, but not top 5
Within top 20, but not top 10
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (your reading material this week) what race/ethnic group is at the highest risk of being uninsured?
White
Hispanic
Asian
Black
What is an integrated care system?
It's another way of saying inpatient care in the UK, where patients are 'integrated' into the
hospitals
A type of medical practice that integrates an individuals personal values and/or beliefs into their care
It is a by-product of using 'big data' well, where health systems can integrate like-patients
together into social and treatment groups
A type of system design where various stakeholders including providers and payers, are linked through conscious system design to work collaboratively towards improved patient
care
What are the 4 components of a healthcare system?
Pharmaceutical industry, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies
Shared beliefs, values, communication, and a strong shared vision
Payers, patients, providers, and parts
People, parts, interrelationships, and culture
When did the government in Singapore first start to really develop the various components of its healthcare system?
1970's 1980's
1960's
1990's
In Singapore, healthcare spending accounts for what percentage of the GDP?
21%
5%
11%
15%
What service line does more than half of all NHS expenditures go towards?
Community & public health services
Primary care services
Acute hospital care, including hospital-based physician services
Acute hospital care, excluding hospital-based physician services
What are sickness funds?
Refers to the money patient’s in Singapore have in their Medisave accounts
Money you earn from your employer when you are on sick leave
Health insurance plans
Refers to the total money spend on healthcare as a % of the GDP in Germany
What is healthcare financing?
It is the function of a system concerned with the mobilization, accumulation, and allocation of money to cover the health needs of the people, individually and collectively,
in the health system
It is another way of saying tax-based, socialized medicine
It refers to the individual personal budget's of citizens and the amount of money they allocate towards their health including the purchase of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables
It is the function of a system concerned with making sure that individuals pay their medical bills and allows hospital organizations to sue them if they fail to do so
What is the NHS?
National Health Service
National Healthcare System
Nationalized Health Structure
Nationwide Health Screening
Which of the following ARE key features of the INSURANCE program(s) in the Bismarck model?
Decentralized
Centralized
Public
Private
Tax-Based
Employer-Based
In the early 2000's the Surgeon General release two reports that ultimately led to the creation of which organization?
Affordable Care Act of 2010
National Center for Minority Health and Healthcare Disparities
Institute of Medicine
Final Exam Practice Questions
How much do individual behaviors impact the health of a population?
30%
40%
10%
5%
15%
What are the 3 goals of a healthcare system?
To provide the best technological advancements available to patients
Adequate quality, reasonable cost, and access to those who can afford it
High quality, low cost, easy access
Patient outcomes, patient safety, and patient satisfaction
Universal coverage, regardless of cost
What is a subsidy?
The principle that the government has a responsibility to ensure all citizens have access to
essential social services including healthcare
Government assistance
The principle that all matters should be handled by the lowest level of government that makes operational sense
A government endowment that helps those in the lowest income brackets to pay the remainder of their payments that they cannot otherwise afford
What is Project ECHO?
A continuing medical education model where teams of specialists train primary care providers to treat complex patients in need of specialty care services
A continuing medical education model that makes sense in other countries with universal coverage, but is failing in the US because of the fragmentation in our system
The idea that if you tell your patients their care instructions enough, eventually they will understand it
The idea that if you ask your patients to repeat back their care instructions, their chance of retaining it doubles
This health insurance program in Singapore is designed as a low-premium, high-deductible plan to protect citizens from extremely high healthcare bills.
Medifund
Medishield
Medicare
Medisave
Medicaid
Which of the following statements are TRUE when comparing the key distinctions between the DRG payment model and reference pricing? Select all that apply.
Reference pricing allows hospital's to charge as much as they would like, while DRG's does not
There is no difference between these two payment models, they names can be used interchangeably
Reference pricing may provide greater price transparency to patients, but can also provide greater financial risk to patients DRG's are bundled, while reference pricing is not
When referencing healthcare systems, the term centralized means:
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized at the federal level
Regulations and oversight of the system is left to the responsibility of individual regions or states
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized with the CEOs of healthcare organizations
Regulations and oversight of the system is organized within the government at any level
In Singapore, this health insurance program is specifically designed to help citizens in the lowest income bracket pay for their medical bills.
Medisave
Medifund
Medicare
Medicaid
Medishield
Where does the US healthcare systems ranks internationally in terms of overall system performance?
Within top 3 in the world
Within top 50, but not top 20
Within top 5, but not top 3
Within top 10, but not top 5
Within top 20, but not top 10
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (your reading material this week) what race/ethnic group is at the highest risk of being uninsured?
White
Hispanic
Asian
Black
What is an integrated care system?
It's another way of saying inpatient care in the UK, where patients are 'integrated' into the
hospitals
A type of medical practice that integrates an individuals personal values and/or beliefs into their care
It is a by-product of using 'big data' well, where health systems can integrate like-patients
together into social and treatment groups
A type of system design where various stakeholders including providers and payers, are linked through conscious system design to work collaboratively towards improved patient
care
What are the 4 components of a healthcare system?
Pharmaceutical industry, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies
Shared beliefs, values, communication, and a strong shared vision
Payers, patients, providers, and parts
People, parts, interrelationships, and culture
When did the government in Singapore first start to really develop the various components of its healthcare system?
1970's 1980's
1960's
1990's
In Singapore, healthcare spending accounts for what percentage of the GDP?
21%
5%
11%
15%
What service line does more than half of all NHS expenditures go towards?
Community & public health services
Primary care services
Acute hospital care, including hospital-based physician services
Acute hospital care, excluding hospital-based physician services
What are sickness funds?
Refers to the money patient’s in Singapore have in their Medisave accounts
Money you earn from your employer when you are on sick leave
Health insurance plans
Refers to the total money spend on healthcare as a % of the GDP in Germany
What is healthcare financing?
It is the function of a system concerned with the mobilization, accumulation, and allocation of money to cover the health needs of the people, individually and collectively,
in the health system
It is another way of saying tax-based, socialized medicine
It refers to the individual personal budget's of citizens and the amount of money they allocate towards their health including the purchase of healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables
It is the function of a system concerned with making sure that individuals pay their medical bills and allows hospital organizations to sue them if they fail to do so
What is the NHS?
National Health Service
National Healthcare System
Nationalized Health Structure
Nationwide Health Screening
Which of the following ARE key features of the INSURANCE program(s) in the Bismarck model?
Decentralized
Centralized
Public
Private
Tax-Based
Employer-Based
In the early 2000's the Surgeon General release two reports that ultimately led to the creation of which organization?
Affordable Care Act of 2010
National Center for Minority Health and Healthcare Disparities
Institute of Medicine
