HSM 410 Week 8 Quiz

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Week 8: Final Exam

Question 1

 (CO 1) Which of the following are potential health outcomes of the uninsured?  

·         Unavoidable hospitalizations 

·         Higher mortality rates  

·         High rates of hypertension  

·         All of the above

Question 2

 (CO 1) What do the health systems of Japan, Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom have in common?  

·         All provide health insurance though an employment-based, private insurance system.  

·         All provide government-financed healthcare systems.    

·         All provide universal healthcare coverage to their citizens.  

·         All provide sickness finds for their citizens.

Question 3

 (CO 3) Proportional payments are ________________.  

·         the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.  

·         payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.  

·         payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.  

·         a set fee regardless of income.

Question 4

 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced the concept of cost containment to healthcare. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?  

·         One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for overtreatment and undertreatment of patients.  

·         Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.  

·         The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.  

·         All of the above

Question 5

 (CO 4) What is the best indicator of high-quality healthcare?  

·         Physician-to-patient ratios  

·         Number of providers in a geographic area 

·         Health ouCOmes 

·         Percentage of uninsured

Question 6

 (CO 2) In the 1990s, the push for cost containment changed how physicians and hospitals are paid. The changes: 

·         replaced fee-for-service payments with prospective payment methods.  

·         bundled services into one payment to shift risk away from payers.  

·         had payment be negotiated between providers and payers.  

·         All of the above

Question 7

 (CO 3) Which of the following are modes of paying for healthcare?  

·         Capitation, fee-for-service, and salary  

·         Out-of-pocket payments, individual private insurance, employment-based private insurance, and government financing  

·         Private insurance and government financing  

·         Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance

Question 8

 (CO 4) Which of the following are potential health ouCOmes of the uninsured?  

·         Unavoidable hospitalizations 

·         Higher mortality rates 

·         High rates of hypertension  

·         All of the above

Question 9

 (CO 3) Regressive payments are:  

·         the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.  

·         payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.  

·         payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.  

·         a set fee regardless of income.

 Question 10

 (CO 2) Fee-for-service reimbursement is different than the other units of payment for healthcare. This statement is:  

·         true because all other forms of reimbursement group together several services into one payment.  

·         true because it is the oldest and simplest form of reimbursement for care provided.  

·         false because the Medicare/Medicaid systems reimburse healthcare providers in the same method as fee for service.  

·         false because the per diem payment to hospital method pays for services on an "as-needed" basis.

Question 11

 (CO 5) Nursing home care is typically paid for by: 

·         Medicare part A  

·         Medicare part B  

·         Medicare part D  

·         All of the above

Question 12

 (CO 7) How many attempts were made to legislate national health insurance before 2000?  

·         5  

·         4 

·         3  

·         2

Question 13

 (CO 6) The goals of disease prevention are:  

·         to decrease costs.    

·         to delay disability and death.  

·         to maximize illness-free years.  

·         Both B & C

Question 14

 (CO 6) Beneficence means:  

·         obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need.  

·         duty of healthcare providers to do no harm.  

·         rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.  

·         treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 15

 (CO 6) Autonomy means:  

·         obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need. 

·         duty of healthcare providers to do what they think is best when treating patients  

·         rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.  

·         treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 16

 (CO 1) How is health policy formed?  

·         Through discussion with patients 

·         Through the judicial system  

·         Through the legislative process    

·         Both B and C

Question 17

 (CO 4) What is a category of underinsurance?  

·         Limits to insurance coverage  

·         Gaps in Medicare coverage 

·         Lack of coverage for long-term care services

·         All of the above

Question 18

 (CO 2) Which of the following methods of payment is based on individual componenets of healthcare? 

·         fee-for-service  

·         per diem  

·         capitation 

·         global payment

 Question 19

 (CO 3) Which of the following are modes of paying for healthcare?  

·         Capitation, fee-for-service, and salary  

·         Out-of-pocket payments, individual private insurance, employment-based private insurance, and government financing  

·         Private insurance and government financing  

·         Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance

 Question 20

 (CO 7) Which of the following is a main component of the Affordable Care Act of 2010?  

·         Individual manadate  

·         Medicare mandate  

·         Medicad mandate    

·         All of the above