HSM 100 Final Exam || QUESTIONS WITH A+
GRADED SOLUTIONS!!
Which of the following has increased the prevalence of chronic and degenerative diseases?
correct answers Increase number of elderly persons
Which of the following is a particularly virulent and antibiotic-resistant bacterial strain?
correct answers Methicillin
Treatment of chronic conditions in the elderly accounts for what portion of the total
healthcare costs in the United States? correct answers Two-Thirds
Which of the following was the most important factor in the decline of mortality in the 20th
century? correct answers Improvements in essential hygiene
Which chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States?
correct answers Cancer, heart disease, diabetes
The World Health Organization (WHO) is responsible for coordinating the team of healthcare
workers at the city and state level across the United States during an epidemic correct
answers False
The Introduction of personal protective equipment in the 1990s reduced the death rate from
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by 80% correct answers False
____ and cancer screening -- mammography and colonoscopy - are the most common
preventive services correct answers Immunizations
By 1900, ________ disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of
improving environmental conditions correct answers Infectious
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Health information technology (health IT)
Preventive health services correct answers c. The U.S. government agency that monitors
infectious diseases and developed infection control measures for hospitals treating infected
patients
d. A cause of skin infection in the community, such as in high schools and day care centers
a. Improves communication and efficiency in providing health care and will increasingly be
used by the government to monitor the quality and cost of health care delivery
b. Improves health by protecting against disease, lessening the impact of disease, or detecting
disease at an early stage when it is easier to treat
Which of the following are examples of service categories within the healthcare industry?
correct answers Preventive services, therapeutic services, and diagnostic services
What is the function of the Nation Institutes of Health? correct answers To support and
conduct biomedical and behavioral research in the United States and abroad
, Which of these government-funded programs is intended to provide healthcare services for
the elderly population? correct answers Medicare
Which of these government-funded programs is intended to provide individual healthcare for
people with low-incomes and who are uninsured? correct answers Medicaid
Which of the following statements is correct? correct answers The emphasis in public health
is on prevention, in contrast to medical care, which emphasizes treatment of disease
Public health at the city and state level now includes which of the following important
functions? correct answers All of these are correct
States conduct annual telephone surveys of residents as part of which evaluation to pinpoint
behaviors that increase the risk for chronic disease, including diet, physical activity, smoking,
and drug and alcohol use? correct answers Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(BRFSS)
Preventive health care will play an important role in achieving health care through recently
expanded, federally funded primary care clinics, and public health clinics funded by city and
state governments correct answers True
Direct healthcare services provided by the federal government are limited to the Department
of Defense, the U.S. Veterans Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, and Indian Health
Services correct answers False
There are more private, for-profit hospitals than all other categories of hospitals correct
answers False
Which of the following is an example of a government-funded health insurance program?
correct answers All of these are correct
In 2019, a total of 25% of the federal budget was spent on Medicaid, Medicare CHIP and
which of the following? correct answers Marketplace Subsidies
Which of these statements describes "fee for service"? correct answers The provider is finally
rewarded for volume
What were the top two Medicare benefit payments in 2014? correct answers A. Hospital
inpatient services
D. Private insurance through Medicare Advantage
What were the highest and the lowest Medicare expenditures in 2013? correct answers A.
Acute care
C. Mental health
In 2019 Medicaid provided coverage to 1 in 5 Americans, which makes it the nation's largest
public health insurance program. correct answers True
The first pre-payment plan to cover physician services was Medicare. correct answers False
GRADED SOLUTIONS!!
Which of the following has increased the prevalence of chronic and degenerative diseases?
correct answers Increase number of elderly persons
Which of the following is a particularly virulent and antibiotic-resistant bacterial strain?
correct answers Methicillin
Treatment of chronic conditions in the elderly accounts for what portion of the total
healthcare costs in the United States? correct answers Two-Thirds
Which of the following was the most important factor in the decline of mortality in the 20th
century? correct answers Improvements in essential hygiene
Which chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States?
correct answers Cancer, heart disease, diabetes
The World Health Organization (WHO) is responsible for coordinating the team of healthcare
workers at the city and state level across the United States during an epidemic correct
answers False
The Introduction of personal protective equipment in the 1990s reduced the death rate from
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by 80% correct answers False
____ and cancer screening -- mammography and colonoscopy - are the most common
preventive services correct answers Immunizations
By 1900, ________ disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of
improving environmental conditions correct answers Infectious
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Health information technology (health IT)
Preventive health services correct answers c. The U.S. government agency that monitors
infectious diseases and developed infection control measures for hospitals treating infected
patients
d. A cause of skin infection in the community, such as in high schools and day care centers
a. Improves communication and efficiency in providing health care and will increasingly be
used by the government to monitor the quality and cost of health care delivery
b. Improves health by protecting against disease, lessening the impact of disease, or detecting
disease at an early stage when it is easier to treat
Which of the following are examples of service categories within the healthcare industry?
correct answers Preventive services, therapeutic services, and diagnostic services
What is the function of the Nation Institutes of Health? correct answers To support and
conduct biomedical and behavioral research in the United States and abroad
, Which of these government-funded programs is intended to provide healthcare services for
the elderly population? correct answers Medicare
Which of these government-funded programs is intended to provide individual healthcare for
people with low-incomes and who are uninsured? correct answers Medicaid
Which of the following statements is correct? correct answers The emphasis in public health
is on prevention, in contrast to medical care, which emphasizes treatment of disease
Public health at the city and state level now includes which of the following important
functions? correct answers All of these are correct
States conduct annual telephone surveys of residents as part of which evaluation to pinpoint
behaviors that increase the risk for chronic disease, including diet, physical activity, smoking,
and drug and alcohol use? correct answers Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
(BRFSS)
Preventive health care will play an important role in achieving health care through recently
expanded, federally funded primary care clinics, and public health clinics funded by city and
state governments correct answers True
Direct healthcare services provided by the federal government are limited to the Department
of Defense, the U.S. Veterans Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, and Indian Health
Services correct answers False
There are more private, for-profit hospitals than all other categories of hospitals correct
answers False
Which of the following is an example of a government-funded health insurance program?
correct answers All of these are correct
In 2019, a total of 25% of the federal budget was spent on Medicaid, Medicare CHIP and
which of the following? correct answers Marketplace Subsidies
Which of these statements describes "fee for service"? correct answers The provider is finally
rewarded for volume
What were the top two Medicare benefit payments in 2014? correct answers A. Hospital
inpatient services
D. Private insurance through Medicare Advantage
What were the highest and the lowest Medicare expenditures in 2013? correct answers A.
Acute care
C. Mental health
In 2019 Medicaid provided coverage to 1 in 5 Americans, which makes it the nation's largest
public health insurance program. correct answers True
The first pre-payment plan to cover physician services was Medicare. correct answers False
