Nur 450
Healthcare Policy and Economics
Health policy development and analysis:
2024 exam practice questions and answers 2024
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Graded A+
A nurse is discussing how health care rationing occurs in the United States. Which of the following would
most likely be discussed as the criterion that is used to ration health care?
a. Clinic operating hours
b. Ability to pay for services
c. Availability of local provider services
d. Transportation availability
b. Ability to pay for services
Which of the following must a nurse be knowledgeable about to make decisions regarding the most
cost-effective way to allocate health care resources?
a. Insurance resources
b. Health care rationing
c. Health economics
d. Medical technology
,c. Health economics
Which of the following individuals would most likely experience a barrier when accessing health care?
a. A 40-year-old female who speaks English
b. A 25-year-old female with health insurance
c. A 50-year-old male with hypertension
d. A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
d. A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
Which person is most likely to be uninsured?
a. An 82-year-old woman with chronic medical problems
b. A 2-year-old whose mother is on welfare
c. A 50-year-old business man who works for a large corporation
d. A 32-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
d. A 32-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
Which of the following is most closely correlated with poor health?
a. Age and gender (i.e., older males)
b. Low socioeconomic status
c. Minority race status
d. High-risk lifestyle behaviors
b. Low socioeconomic status
, A pregnant teenager has approached a nurse asking about ways to improve the health outcomes for her
and her unborn child. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the nurse to
make?
a. "Don't drop out of school."
b. "Sign up for childbirth classes."
c. "Sign up for the WIC program."
d. "Take your prenatal vitamins daily."
a. "Don't drop out of school."
A nurse is providing care to a child whose parents do not receive health insurance as an employee
benefit and who do not have the financial resources to pay for health care out of pocket. Which of the
following resources should the nurse recommend to the family?
a. A managed care organization
b. An emergency department
c. Medicaid
d. Medicare
c. Medicaid
Which of the following best explains how the government inadvertently encourages low-income persons
to use emergency departments as their primary care provider?
a. A huge amount of paperwork is required when Medicaid clients go to a physician's office.
b. Government regulations require Medicaid clients to use emergency departments when their primary
health care provider is unavailable.
c. Legally, emergency departments must see clients even if clients can't pay.
d. Physicians' limited office hours make them unavailable during evenings and weekends.
c. Legally, emergency departments must see clients even if clients can't pay.
Of the four main factors that affect health, which is the least important?
Healthcare Policy and Economics
Health policy development and analysis:
2024 exam practice questions and answers 2024
. success
Graded A+
A nurse is discussing how health care rationing occurs in the United States. Which of the following would
most likely be discussed as the criterion that is used to ration health care?
a. Clinic operating hours
b. Ability to pay for services
c. Availability of local provider services
d. Transportation availability
b. Ability to pay for services
Which of the following must a nurse be knowledgeable about to make decisions regarding the most
cost-effective way to allocate health care resources?
a. Insurance resources
b. Health care rationing
c. Health economics
d. Medical technology
,c. Health economics
Which of the following individuals would most likely experience a barrier when accessing health care?
a. A 40-year-old female who speaks English
b. A 25-year-old female with health insurance
c. A 50-year-old male with hypertension
d. A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
d. A 30-year-old male who is unemployed
Which person is most likely to be uninsured?
a. An 82-year-old woman with chronic medical problems
b. A 2-year-old whose mother is on welfare
c. A 50-year-old business man who works for a large corporation
d. A 32-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
d. A 32-year-old man who works part-time at a small business
Which of the following is most closely correlated with poor health?
a. Age and gender (i.e., older males)
b. Low socioeconomic status
c. Minority race status
d. High-risk lifestyle behaviors
b. Low socioeconomic status
, A pregnant teenager has approached a nurse asking about ways to improve the health outcomes for her
and her unborn child. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the nurse to
make?
a. "Don't drop out of school."
b. "Sign up for childbirth classes."
c. "Sign up for the WIC program."
d. "Take your prenatal vitamins daily."
a. "Don't drop out of school."
A nurse is providing care to a child whose parents do not receive health insurance as an employee
benefit and who do not have the financial resources to pay for health care out of pocket. Which of the
following resources should the nurse recommend to the family?
a. A managed care organization
b. An emergency department
c. Medicaid
d. Medicare
c. Medicaid
Which of the following best explains how the government inadvertently encourages low-income persons
to use emergency departments as their primary care provider?
a. A huge amount of paperwork is required when Medicaid clients go to a physician's office.
b. Government regulations require Medicaid clients to use emergency departments when their primary
health care provider is unavailable.
c. Legally, emergency departments must see clients even if clients can't pay.
d. Physicians' limited office hours make them unavailable during evenings and weekends.
c. Legally, emergency departments must see clients even if clients can't pay.
Of the four main factors that affect health, which is the least important?
