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Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness
David B. Nash; Alexis Skoufalos
9781284166606 3rd Edition
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following answers most accurately describes the components of population
health?
A. the general health and well-being of any group of people
B. the distribution of health outcomes in a population and assured funding of hospitals
C. health outcomes, health determinants, and the policies and interventions that
affect the determinants in any population*
D. Chronic care management
Ans: C
2. Why do improved outcomes in population health require rigorous analysis of outcomes?
A. Without data there can be no good outcomes
B. Health needs to be supported with proper funding
C. Better health is consistently achieved through outcome analysis*
D. Health needs cannot be understood without understanding patterns of outcome
distribution
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Ans: C
3. What four major healthcare challenges affecting all Americans have been identified by the
National Priorities Partnership?
A. Inadequate funding, understaffed hospitals, lack of trained personnel and
overutilization
B. Uninformed consumers, rising costs of medical testing, lack of urgent care centers,
wasteful spending
C. Eliminating harm, eradicating disparities, reducing disease burden and
removing waste*
D. Keeping well people well, treating acute illness, managing chronic disease and
providing compassionate care for the dying
Ans: C
4. The U.S. healthcare system currently emphasizes:
A. Hospital based care
B. Proper medical care for emergencies and acute illness*
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
C. Health promotion and disease prevention
D. Wellness and physical fitness
Ans: B
5. Which of these most adequately describes the fundamental goal of population health?
A. Reducing medical errors
B. Helping people to live healthier lives
C. Improving the health of a population*
D. Creating greater awareness of the importance of health
Ans: C
6. What percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is currently spent on health care?
A. 18% *
B. b. 10%
C. c. 25%
D. d. 5%
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Ans: A
7. Healthcare spending in the U.S. results in:
A. a healthier society
B. improved healthcare outcomes equivalent to other developed nations
C. a healthcare system that does not perform as well as other developed nations*
D. dollar for dollar improvements in health
Ans: C
8. True or False - The average life expectancy of the average American is improving over time
A. True
B. False*
Ans: B
9. What is the greatest contributor to premature death from chronic illness?
A. Medical error
B. Patient behavior*
C. Inadequate funding
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
D. Accidents and injuries
Ans: B
10. The increasing presence of chronic illness in America results in:
A. Reduced health care spending
B. Increased healthcare spending and rising cost of health services*
C. Increasing length of hospital stays
D. Greater longevity
Ans: B
11. Two of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States are:
A. Cancer and heart disease
B. Smoking and obesity*
C. Understaffed hospitals and inadequate funding
D. Accidents and injuries
Ans: B
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12. The four stages of prevention are:
A. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Disease Management
B. Primordial, Primary, Secondary, Health Determinants
C. Primary, Screening, Public Health, Health Policy
D. Primordial, Primary, Secondary & Tertiary*
Ans. D
13. Health outcomes in the U.S. could be improved with:
A. Assuring access to quality care regardless of ability to pay*
B. Increased medical spending
C. Lengthened hospital stays
D. More medical care
Ans: A
14. The primary focus of a quality healthcare system should be:
A. Eliminating tobacco use
B. Improving emergency room care
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Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness
David B. Nash; Alexis Skoufalos
9781284166606 3rd Edition
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Population Health: Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness – 3rd Edition
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following answers most accurately describes the components of population
health?
A. the general health and well-being of any group of people
B. the distribution of health outcomes in a population and assured funding of hospitals
C. health outcomes, health determinants, and the policies and interventions that
affect the determinants in any population*
D. Chronic care management
Ans: C
2. Why do improved outcomes in population health require rigorous analysis of outcomes?
A. Without data there can be no good outcomes
B. Health needs to be supported with proper funding
C. Better health is consistently achieved through outcome analysis*
D. Health needs cannot be understood without understanding patterns of outcome
distribution
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Ans: C
3. What four major healthcare challenges affecting all Americans have been identified by the
National Priorities Partnership?
A. Inadequate funding, understaffed hospitals, lack of trained personnel and
overutilization
B. Uninformed consumers, rising costs of medical testing, lack of urgent care centers,
wasteful spending
C. Eliminating harm, eradicating disparities, reducing disease burden and
removing waste*
D. Keeping well people well, treating acute illness, managing chronic disease and
providing compassionate care for the dying
Ans: C
4. The U.S. healthcare system currently emphasizes:
A. Hospital based care
B. Proper medical care for emergencies and acute illness*
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
C. Health promotion and disease prevention
D. Wellness and physical fitness
Ans: B
5. Which of these most adequately describes the fundamental goal of population health?
A. Reducing medical errors
B. Helping people to live healthier lives
C. Improving the health of a population*
D. Creating greater awareness of the importance of health
Ans: C
6. What percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is currently spent on health care?
A. 18% *
B. b. 10%
C. c. 25%
D. d. 5%
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Ans: A
7. Healthcare spending in the U.S. results in:
A. a healthier society
B. improved healthcare outcomes equivalent to other developed nations
C. a healthcare system that does not perform as well as other developed nations*
D. dollar for dollar improvements in health
Ans: C
8. True or False - The average life expectancy of the average American is improving over time
A. True
B. False*
Ans: B
9. What is the greatest contributor to premature death from chronic illness?
A. Medical error
B. Patient behavior*
C. Inadequate funding
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Chapter 1 – The Population Health Promise
D. Accidents and injuries
Ans: B
10. The increasing presence of chronic illness in America results in:
A. Reduced health care spending
B. Increased healthcare spending and rising cost of health services*
C. Increasing length of hospital stays
D. Greater longevity
Ans: B
11. Two of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States are:
A. Cancer and heart disease
B. Smoking and obesity*
C. Understaffed hospitals and inadequate funding
D. Accidents and injuries
Ans: B
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12. The four stages of prevention are:
A. Primary, Secondary, Tertiary & Disease Management
B. Primordial, Primary, Secondary, Health Determinants
C. Primary, Screening, Public Health, Health Policy
D. Primordial, Primary, Secondary & Tertiary*
Ans. D
13. Health outcomes in the U.S. could be improved with:
A. Assuring access to quality care regardless of ability to pay*
B. Increased medical spending
C. Lengthened hospital stays
D. More medical care
Ans: A
14. The primary focus of a quality healthcare system should be:
A. Eliminating tobacco use
B. Improving emergency room care
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