10/15/24, 10:34 Test Bank for Global Health 101 2nd edition by Richard
AM Skolnik
Test Bank for Global Health 101 2nd edition by Richard
Skolnik
Chapter 5 Testbank
Global Health 101, 2nd Edition
Richard Skolnik
1. According to the WHO, what is a health system?
a. A system between hospitals and clinics where patients are treated
b. All actors, institutions, and resources that undertake health actions
c. A system to connect different levels of healthcare services
2. The primary functions of a health system include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Carry out basic science research
b. Provide health services
c. Raise money that can be spent on health, referred to as “resource generation”
3. Health services generally expected to be included at the primary level in
low- income
countries are:
a. Child health care, maternal health care, treatment of HIV
b. Emergency obstetric care, maternal health care, child health care
c. Maternal health care, family planning, diagnosis and treatment of TB
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4. The health system of which country comes closest to being a national
health service in
which the government organizes, manages, and provides health services?
a. Brazil
b. United States
c. Costa Rica
5. In which of the following countries would you expect out-of-
pocket expenditure to be
the highest share of total health expenditure:
a. Costa Rica
b. Cuba
c. Nepal
6. Which of the following is the only high-income country to have more than
50% of
total expenditure in the private sector?
a. United Kingdom
b. United States
c. Switzerland
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AM Skolnik
Test Bank for Global Health 101 2nd edition by Richard
Skolnik
Chapter 5 Testbank
Global Health 101, 2nd Edition
Richard Skolnik
1. According to the WHO, what is a health system?
a. A system between hospitals and clinics where patients are treated
b. All actors, institutions, and resources that undertake health actions
c. A system to connect different levels of healthcare services
2. The primary functions of a health system include the following, EXCEPT:
a. Carry out basic science research
b. Provide health services
c. Raise money that can be spent on health, referred to as “resource generation”
3. Health services generally expected to be included at the primary level in
low- income
countries are:
a. Child health care, maternal health care, treatment of HIV
b. Emergency obstetric care, maternal health care, child health care
c. Maternal health care, family planning, diagnosis and treatment of TB
about:bl 1/
, 10/15/24, 10:34 Test Bank for Global Health 101 2nd edition by Richard
AM Skolnik
4. The health system of which country comes closest to being a national
health service in
which the government organizes, manages, and provides health services?
a. Brazil
b. United States
c. Costa Rica
5. In which of the following countries would you expect out-of-
pocket expenditure to be
the highest share of total health expenditure:
a. Costa Rica
b. Cuba
c. Nepal
6. Which of the following is the only high-income country to have more than
50% of
total expenditure in the private sector?
a. United Kingdom
b. United States
c. Switzerland
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