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The number of elderly is increasing steadily, resulting in:
A. More patients covered by Medicaid.
B. Health care services being computerized.
C. Aging bodies requiring more health care services.
D. Fewer patients needing health care services. - correct answer ✔✔Aging bodies requiring
more health care services.
Natural opening surgical techniques include entering the body via:
A. The mouth, nose, anus, or vagina.
B. Radiation methodologies.
C. Incision by scalpel.
D. Incision by laser. - correct answer ✔✔The mouth, nose, anus, or vagina.
The discovery and implementation of treatments that cure or eliminate diseases is one example
of factors that may ________ health care services utilization.
A. increase
B. have no effect on
C. regionalize
D. decrease - correct answer ✔✔decrease
Pharmaceutical treatments include all of these except:
A. Drug administered by injection.
,B. A patch.
C. Excision of an organ.
D. Oral medication. - correct answer ✔✔oral medication
Which of the following job titles is that of an administrator?
A. Internist
B. Pathologist
C. Nurse
D. Practice manager - correct answer ✔✔D. Practice manager
In 2011, what percentage of the U.S. population was 55 years of age or older?
A. 77%
B. 24.9%
C. Unknown at this time
D. 13% - correct answer ✔✔24.9%
Which of the following statements is true of the life span of the U.S. population?
A. Life expectancy was the same in 1960 and 2009.
B. Life expectancy was higher in 1960 than it is today.
C. Life expectancy was higher in 2009 than it is today.
D. Life expectancy was lower in 1960 than it is today. - correct answer ✔✔Life expectancy was
lower in 1960 than it is today.
If a government audit determines non-compliance, then:
A. Physicians may have to go back to school.
B. All patients are re-examined.
,C. No penalties are assessed, just a warning is issued.
D. Fines and penalties may be assessed. - correct answer ✔✔Fines and penalties may be
assessed.
The community's responsibility to its health care providers includes:
A. Driving the ambulance.
B. Approving zoning for a new facility.
C. Volunteering in the Emergency Department.
D. Taking First Aid classes. - correct answer ✔✔Approving zoning for a new facility.
Which of the following work to safeguard the financial security of an organization and provide a
watchful eye over the greater good of the entire facility?
A. Administrators
B. Physicians
C. Medical assistants
D. Nurse practitioners - correct answer ✔✔Administrators
An example of CAM is:
A. Occupational therapy.
B. Physical therapy.
C. Laparoscopic surgery.
D. Acupuncture. - correct answer ✔✔Acupuncture.
Technological innovations are frequently entwined into the ________ of any facility.
A. administrative sector
B. clinical sector
C. Neither a nor b
, D. Both a and b - correct answer ✔✔Both a and b
Health care administrators are needed to ________ to ensure quality of care for patients.
A. oversee compliance with local, state, and federal laws
B. implement standards of care
C. integrate technological enhancements
D. All of these - correct answer ✔✔All of these
Which of the following job titles is an example of a clinician?
A. Medical biller
B. Human resources director
C. Radiologist
D. Chief financial officer - correct answer ✔✔Radiologist
An example of a screening is:
A. Sneezing into one's elbow.
B. A flu vaccine.
C. A colonoscopy.
D. Taking aspirin to avoid a heart attack. - correct answer ✔✔A colonoscopy.
According to statistics from the CDC and NCHS, both fertility and birth rates have been
________ every year since 2007.
A. decreasing
B. increasing
C. fluctuating greatly, up and down
D. staying the same - correct answer ✔✔decreasing