HSA 3111 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Problems of the healthcare delivery system are historically rooted in balancing cost, quality, and
access. These problems generated competition between the government and private sectors in the
1990s, best characterized by which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Market-
oriented changes, competition, and privately organized managed care programs.
Secondary prevention describes - CORRECT ANSWER early detection and prompt
treatment of a disease or condition to achieve an early cure, if possible, or to slow progression,
prevent complications, and limit disability.
One reason why employers are a major stakeholder group in the healthcare industry is -
CORRECT ANSWER their payment of a high proportion of healthcare costs.
The ACA will provide new access to health care for millions of Americans. However, health
services researchers caution about overstating the link between insurance and health. The basis
for their caution is - CORRECT ANSWER improvements in population health will require
merging public health concepts into personal medical care approaches.
The natural history of disease is best described as - CORRECT ANSWER a matrix used
by epidemiologists and health services planners that places everything known about a particular
disease or condition in the sequence of its origin and progression when untreated.
One of the greatest advantages of U.S. high-technology healthcare systems is the ability of
physicians and patients to benefit from referrals to a broad range of highly specialized clinical,
laboratory, rehabilitation, and other services. - CORRECT ANSWER True
Of the levels of prevention associated with the natural history of disease, primary prevention
refers to - CORRECT ANSWER health education and specific protections such as
immunizations.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Problems of the healthcare delivery system are historically rooted in balancing cost, quality, and
access. These problems generated competition between the government and private sectors in the
1990s, best characterized by which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER Market-
oriented changes, competition, and privately organized managed care programs.
Secondary prevention describes - CORRECT ANSWER early detection and prompt
treatment of a disease or condition to achieve an early cure, if possible, or to slow progression,
prevent complications, and limit disability.
One reason why employers are a major stakeholder group in the healthcare industry is -
CORRECT ANSWER their payment of a high proportion of healthcare costs.
The ACA will provide new access to health care for millions of Americans. However, health
services researchers caution about overstating the link between insurance and health. The basis
for their caution is - CORRECT ANSWER improvements in population health will require
merging public health concepts into personal medical care approaches.
The natural history of disease is best described as - CORRECT ANSWER a matrix used
by epidemiologists and health services planners that places everything known about a particular
disease or condition in the sequence of its origin and progression when untreated.
One of the greatest advantages of U.S. high-technology healthcare systems is the ability of
physicians and patients to benefit from referrals to a broad range of highly specialized clinical,
laboratory, rehabilitation, and other services. - CORRECT ANSWER True
Of the levels of prevention associated with the natural history of disease, primary prevention
refers to - CORRECT ANSWER health education and specific protections such as
immunizations.
