U.S. Health Care Systems Final UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What was the first major stage of the hospital evolution? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Almshouses
When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately? -
CORRECT ANSWER - When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical
procedures that could not be offered at home.
Who opened the first proprietary hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - Physicians
What contributed to the growth of hospitals from 1930-1980? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hill-Burton Act, Health Insurance, Technological advances
What were the main factors in the growth of hospitals in the United States? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Hill- Burton Act, private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid
What is credited with having the greatest impact on the expansion of hospital beds in the U.S.? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Hill-Burton
What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry during the 1980's? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Prospective Payment System
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Discharge patients quicker than before
What are 'days of care'? - CORRECT ANSWER - The total number of patient days
, T or F: 19th century almshouses provided mainly rehabilitation services - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
T or F: PPS and managed care had the desired effect of reducing the growth in hospital
expenditures. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: Women are admitted to hospitals more often than men even after adjusting for
childbearing - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: Federal hospitals are classified as public hospitals, but they are not community hospitals
because they do not serve the general public. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: The Internal Revenue Code forbids nonprofit hospitals to make a profit. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
T or F: Compared to general hospitals, speciality hospitals offer services that are clinically
superior. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
T or F: Most mental health care in the United States is delivered in psychiatric hospitals -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
T or F: To refuse treatment is one of the basic rights of patients. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
What type of reimbursement method involves a fixed monthly sum per enrollee? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Capitation
What is one aspect in which managed care differs from conventional insurance? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Responsibility for delivery of services
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What was the first major stage of the hospital evolution? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Almshouses
When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately? -
CORRECT ANSWER - When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical
procedures that could not be offered at home.
Who opened the first proprietary hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - Physicians
What contributed to the growth of hospitals from 1930-1980? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hill-Burton Act, Health Insurance, Technological advances
What were the main factors in the growth of hospitals in the United States? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Hill- Burton Act, private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid
What is credited with having the greatest impact on the expansion of hospital beds in the U.S.? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Hill-Burton
What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry during the 1980's? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Prospective Payment System
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Discharge patients quicker than before
What are 'days of care'? - CORRECT ANSWER - The total number of patient days
, T or F: 19th century almshouses provided mainly rehabilitation services - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
T or F: PPS and managed care had the desired effect of reducing the growth in hospital
expenditures. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: Women are admitted to hospitals more often than men even after adjusting for
childbearing - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: Federal hospitals are classified as public hospitals, but they are not community hospitals
because they do not serve the general public. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
T or F: The Internal Revenue Code forbids nonprofit hospitals to make a profit. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
T or F: Compared to general hospitals, speciality hospitals offer services that are clinically
superior. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
T or F: Most mental health care in the United States is delivered in psychiatric hospitals -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
T or F: To refuse treatment is one of the basic rights of patients. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
What type of reimbursement method involves a fixed monthly sum per enrollee? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Capitation
What is one aspect in which managed care differs from conventional insurance? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Responsibility for delivery of services
