Chapter 1: Overview of the US healthcare
system UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Primary objectives of the system - CORRECT ANSWER - cost access quality
US Healthcare System - CORRECT ANSWER - not a system
no universal health with taxes
no entitlement
US healthcare not available to all but there are exceptions - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMTALA (Emergency medicine and treatment act)
Moral Hazard- insulated by cost so use a lot
US Healthcare system employs - CORRECT ANSWER - 16.4 million people
Financing and Insurance mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - -employer based health
insurance (50% healthcare system)
-privately purchased insurance
-goverrnment programs (50% healthcare system)
US Health care system leads the world in - CORRECT ANSWER - med technology and
training
research
Characteristics of US healthcare system (7) - CORRECT ANSWER - -political climate
-economic development
-technological process
, -social and cultural values
-physical environment
-population characteristics
-Global influences
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (1 Other countries) - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. no central agency
other countries use global budget to control cost
govt usually controls frequency of spending (tech)
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (1 US) - CORRECT ANSWER - no
one monitors through global budgets
determines public sector expenses and reimbursement rates for medicare and medicaid +
regulations
ACA on uninsured - CORRECT ANSWER - 32 mil of previously 50 mil people became
insured
30 mil still uninsured
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (2) - CORRECT ANSWER - 2.
Partial Access
ability to obtain healthcare when needed
restricted to those who can pay
insurance ensures access
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.
Imperfect market
national healthcare -> economic markets don't exist
private healthcare with integration
US has quasi market
system UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Primary objectives of the system - CORRECT ANSWER - cost access quality
US Healthcare System - CORRECT ANSWER - not a system
no universal health with taxes
no entitlement
US healthcare not available to all but there are exceptions - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMTALA (Emergency medicine and treatment act)
Moral Hazard- insulated by cost so use a lot
US Healthcare system employs - CORRECT ANSWER - 16.4 million people
Financing and Insurance mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - -employer based health
insurance (50% healthcare system)
-privately purchased insurance
-goverrnment programs (50% healthcare system)
US Health care system leads the world in - CORRECT ANSWER - med technology and
training
research
Characteristics of US healthcare system (7) - CORRECT ANSWER - -political climate
-economic development
-technological process
, -social and cultural values
-physical environment
-population characteristics
-Global influences
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (1 Other countries) - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. no central agency
other countries use global budget to control cost
govt usually controls frequency of spending (tech)
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (1 US) - CORRECT ANSWER - no
one monitors through global budgets
determines public sector expenses and reimbursement rates for medicare and medicaid +
regulations
ACA on uninsured - CORRECT ANSWER - 32 mil of previously 50 mil people became
insured
30 mil still uninsured
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (2) - CORRECT ANSWER - 2.
Partial Access
ability to obtain healthcare when needed
restricted to those who can pay
insurance ensures access
10 characteristics differentiate US healthcare system (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.
Imperfect market
national healthcare -> economic markets don't exist
private healthcare with integration
US has quasi market
