HSM quizzes || QUESTIONS WITH ALL PASSED
ANSWERS!!
Which of the following are major stakeholders in the health care industry? correct answers
Insurers, providers, consumers
Which of the following is a subjective notion that focuses on how patients feel? correct
answers illness
Which of the following is one of the three major factor driving asking health care costs and
expenditures? correct answers growth in technology
Traditional medicine is practiced by which types of physicians? correct answers allopathic
and osteopathic
What are the pillars of healthcare system reflected in the "Iron Triangle" of health care?
correct answers access, cost, and quality
Which country had the highest rated health care system according to WHO in 2000? correct
answers France
Traditional measures of health include which of the following? correct answers mortality
rates, morbidity rates, self-rated health status
Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 15-34? correct answers
injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
Which of the following is true regarding mortality rates? correct answers the poor have
higher rates of death than the non-poor
Which of the following is the number one risk factor for premature death? correct answers
smoking
Each year we spend more on medical care, but the returns decrease over time. correct
answers True
We spend about what percent of our health care dollars on public health measures? correct
answers 3%
Which of the following is a public health effort? correct answers sewage systems
What are the leading causes of death today? correct answers heart disease, cancer, stroke
Which of the following was NOT a primary factor responsible for the decline in mortality
and improvement in health status currently enjoyed int he twenty-first century? correct
answers availability of insurance
Why is there a sustained increase in demand for health care services when those funds could
be spent elsewhere and produce better returns? correct answers Patients are not rational
, consumers, health care is a business nd providers are willing to offer services that may be
marginal value in the aggregate but may benefit an individual patient, patients do not usually
pa for care at the time they receive it
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the high-tech approach? correct answers the
nursing shortage
Which of the following best describes our health care expenditures since 1900? correct
answers They have more than tripled
Why did nutrient levels drop and infection rates increase in early agricultural development?
correct answers we were inferior farmers living closer together
Health care costs have increased faster than general inflation almost every year correct
answers True
Which of the following describes the largest percentage of hospitals in the United States?
correct answers Nongovernmental and not-for-profit
Which of the following is a reason why the use of ambulatory care, especially ambulatory
surgical care, has increased since the 1980s? correct answers changes in reimbursement, there
is consumer demand for convenient and accessible services that do not necessitate and
impatient stay, new medical and diagnostic procedures and better technology have enabled
providers to perform more procedures safely in an outpatient setting.
Which of the following is not an advantage experienced by physicians in a solo practice?
correct answers longer on call hours
Which of the following treatments are NOT included with hospice care? correct answers
curative care
The average size of U.S. hospitals are there in the United states? correct answers 164
Approximately how many teaching hospitals are there in the United States? correct answers
400
Most special care units in nursing homes are decided to what condition(s)? correct answers
Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
Approximately what percentage of all hospital admission originate the Emergency
Department? correct answers 45%
Approximately what percentage of home health care agencies are for-profit? correct answers
52%
Allocation of resources in health care involves determining which of the following? correct
answers how many seats should be offered in medical schools, where and in what specialties
residencies should be offered, where to place training centers
ANSWERS!!
Which of the following are major stakeholders in the health care industry? correct answers
Insurers, providers, consumers
Which of the following is a subjective notion that focuses on how patients feel? correct
answers illness
Which of the following is one of the three major factor driving asking health care costs and
expenditures? correct answers growth in technology
Traditional medicine is practiced by which types of physicians? correct answers allopathic
and osteopathic
What are the pillars of healthcare system reflected in the "Iron Triangle" of health care?
correct answers access, cost, and quality
Which country had the highest rated health care system according to WHO in 2000? correct
answers France
Traditional measures of health include which of the following? correct answers mortality
rates, morbidity rates, self-rated health status
Which of the following are the leading causes of death for those aged 15-34? correct answers
injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV, congenital anomalies, stroke
Which of the following is true regarding mortality rates? correct answers the poor have
higher rates of death than the non-poor
Which of the following is the number one risk factor for premature death? correct answers
smoking
Each year we spend more on medical care, but the returns decrease over time. correct
answers True
We spend about what percent of our health care dollars on public health measures? correct
answers 3%
Which of the following is a public health effort? correct answers sewage systems
What are the leading causes of death today? correct answers heart disease, cancer, stroke
Which of the following was NOT a primary factor responsible for the decline in mortality
and improvement in health status currently enjoyed int he twenty-first century? correct
answers availability of insurance
Why is there a sustained increase in demand for health care services when those funds could
be spent elsewhere and produce better returns? correct answers Patients are not rational
, consumers, health care is a business nd providers are willing to offer services that may be
marginal value in the aggregate but may benefit an individual patient, patients do not usually
pa for care at the time they receive it
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the high-tech approach? correct answers the
nursing shortage
Which of the following best describes our health care expenditures since 1900? correct
answers They have more than tripled
Why did nutrient levels drop and infection rates increase in early agricultural development?
correct answers we were inferior farmers living closer together
Health care costs have increased faster than general inflation almost every year correct
answers True
Which of the following describes the largest percentage of hospitals in the United States?
correct answers Nongovernmental and not-for-profit
Which of the following is a reason why the use of ambulatory care, especially ambulatory
surgical care, has increased since the 1980s? correct answers changes in reimbursement, there
is consumer demand for convenient and accessible services that do not necessitate and
impatient stay, new medical and diagnostic procedures and better technology have enabled
providers to perform more procedures safely in an outpatient setting.
Which of the following is not an advantage experienced by physicians in a solo practice?
correct answers longer on call hours
Which of the following treatments are NOT included with hospice care? correct answers
curative care
The average size of U.S. hospitals are there in the United states? correct answers 164
Approximately how many teaching hospitals are there in the United States? correct answers
400
Most special care units in nursing homes are decided to what condition(s)? correct answers
Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
Approximately what percentage of all hospital admission originate the Emergency
Department? correct answers 45%
Approximately what percentage of home health care agencies are for-profit? correct answers
52%
Allocation of resources in health care involves determining which of the following? correct
answers how many seats should be offered in medical schools, where and in what specialties
residencies should be offered, where to place training centers
