HSM Exam 1 || Complete Exam File: High-Scoring
Q&A Set!!
stakeholder correct answers an individual or group that has an investment or personal interest
in something
ex. providers, consumers, insurers, government
federal government regulates health care providers by requiring... correct answers licenses
the perception of illness will vary with a person's... correct answers societal or individual role
disease correct answers a diagnoses from a professional
Problems the US health care system faces correct answers rising costs in health care
access barriers for the uninsured
not enough focus on prevention
political barriers
Common social problems targeted by Health care correct answers poverty
substance abuse
violent crime
domestic abuse
health habits and diet
Spends more on health care than any other industrialized country correct answers U.S.
Return on investment correct answers
opportunity costs correct answers weigh the pros and cons, what you are giving up to an
alternative cost
diminishing marginal return correct answers each additional dollar spent, you get less and
less of a gain
flat of the curve medicine correct answers no matter how much money more spent, you dont
gain and there is no reason to invest
defensive medicine correct answers providers order additional or unneccessary tests to
protect themselves in case of lawsuit
Why is there an increased demand for health care? correct answers health care is a business
patients are living longer
rising chronic disease
you usually dont have to pay for the care at the time you receive it
1900 leading killer correct answers pneumonia
tuberculosis
diarrhea and enteritis
, 2000 leading killer correct answers heart disease
cancer
stroke
Health status correct answers level of health of a person, group or nation
physiological measures correct answers blood pressure
temperature
psychological measures correct answers
incidence correct answers measure of the number of new cases of a disease over time
I= number of new cases/at risk population
prevalence correct answers measure the number of total cases of a disease in a specified time
P=number with disease/total population
mortality rate correct answers measures the number of deaths in a population
MortR= number of deaths due to disease/at risk
morbidity rate correct answers frequency in which a disease appears in a population
in the 1800's and 1900's most people died of .. correct answers infectious diseases
Major underlying causes of death correct answers tobacco
obesity
alcohol
QALY correct answers quality adjusted life years
Health Status-4 major contributors correct answers heredity
lifestyle (most important)
environment
organization/delivery of health care services
U.S. spends __ of health care services on curative as opposed to preventive correct answers
97%
access correct answers ability to use health care services
cost correct answers price of health care services
quality correct answers how good or bad health care services are
Iron triangle correct answers access
cost
quality
the iron triangle operates like a ... correct answers balloon
Q&A Set!!
stakeholder correct answers an individual or group that has an investment or personal interest
in something
ex. providers, consumers, insurers, government
federal government regulates health care providers by requiring... correct answers licenses
the perception of illness will vary with a person's... correct answers societal or individual role
disease correct answers a diagnoses from a professional
Problems the US health care system faces correct answers rising costs in health care
access barriers for the uninsured
not enough focus on prevention
political barriers
Common social problems targeted by Health care correct answers poverty
substance abuse
violent crime
domestic abuse
health habits and diet
Spends more on health care than any other industrialized country correct answers U.S.
Return on investment correct answers
opportunity costs correct answers weigh the pros and cons, what you are giving up to an
alternative cost
diminishing marginal return correct answers each additional dollar spent, you get less and
less of a gain
flat of the curve medicine correct answers no matter how much money more spent, you dont
gain and there is no reason to invest
defensive medicine correct answers providers order additional or unneccessary tests to
protect themselves in case of lawsuit
Why is there an increased demand for health care? correct answers health care is a business
patients are living longer
rising chronic disease
you usually dont have to pay for the care at the time you receive it
1900 leading killer correct answers pneumonia
tuberculosis
diarrhea and enteritis
, 2000 leading killer correct answers heart disease
cancer
stroke
Health status correct answers level of health of a person, group or nation
physiological measures correct answers blood pressure
temperature
psychological measures correct answers
incidence correct answers measure of the number of new cases of a disease over time
I= number of new cases/at risk population
prevalence correct answers measure the number of total cases of a disease in a specified time
P=number with disease/total population
mortality rate correct answers measures the number of deaths in a population
MortR= number of deaths due to disease/at risk
morbidity rate correct answers frequency in which a disease appears in a population
in the 1800's and 1900's most people died of .. correct answers infectious diseases
Major underlying causes of death correct answers tobacco
obesity
alcohol
QALY correct answers quality adjusted life years
Health Status-4 major contributors correct answers heredity
lifestyle (most important)
environment
organization/delivery of health care services
U.S. spends __ of health care services on curative as opposed to preventive correct answers
97%
access correct answers ability to use health care services
cost correct answers price of health care services
quality correct answers how good or bad health care services are
Iron triangle correct answers access
cost
quality
the iron triangle operates like a ... correct answers balloon
