Introduction to US Health Care System
Chapter 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What could be said about health care systems of the nations of the world? - CORRECT
ANSWER - No two are exactly the same
Define health - CORRECT ANSWER - The state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being & not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Highest risk of poor health outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER - Employees with highest
psychological demands and lowest decision making latitude
Health behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviors that are beneficial to health
Behaviors that harm health - CORRECT ANSWER - Smoking, abusing alcohol or other
substances, failing to use seat bealts or other poor safety behaviors, making unhealthy food
choices, and not engaging in adequate physical activity
Ten leading causes of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Heart disease, malignant neoplasms,
cerbrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory infections, accidents, diabetes, influenza &
pneumonia, alzheimer's, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome & nephrosis, and septicemia
Next five leading causes of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Suicide, chronic liver disease
& cirrhosis, hypertension & hypertensive renal disease, Parkinsons, and homicide
What does healthcare system have its smallest impact on? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primary prevention or group of interventions that focus on stopping disease, illness, and injury
before they start
Chapter 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What could be said about health care systems of the nations of the world? - CORRECT
ANSWER - No two are exactly the same
Define health - CORRECT ANSWER - The state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being & not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Highest risk of poor health outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER - Employees with highest
psychological demands and lowest decision making latitude
Health behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviors that are beneficial to health
Behaviors that harm health - CORRECT ANSWER - Smoking, abusing alcohol or other
substances, failing to use seat bealts or other poor safety behaviors, making unhealthy food
choices, and not engaging in adequate physical activity
Ten leading causes of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Heart disease, malignant neoplasms,
cerbrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory infections, accidents, diabetes, influenza &
pneumonia, alzheimer's, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome & nephrosis, and septicemia
Next five leading causes of death - CORRECT ANSWER - Suicide, chronic liver disease
& cirrhosis, hypertension & hypertensive renal disease, Parkinsons, and homicide
What does healthcare system have its smallest impact on? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primary prevention or group of interventions that focus on stopping disease, illness, and injury
before they start
