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The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except:
a. Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services b. Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective c. Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost d. Delivering healthcare services that meet established standards of quality |
c. Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
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The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as:
a. Expensive b. Fragmented c. Market-oriented d. All of the above |
d. All of the above
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Approximately how many millions of people are employed in the U.S. healthcare system?
a. 1 b. 5 c. 10 d. 25 |
c. 10
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Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly b. Low-income c. Children d. Disabled |
a. Elderly
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Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly b. Low-income c. Children d. Disabled |
b. Low-income
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Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services demanded and the price of medical services is:
a. Unknown b. Equal c. Direct d. Inverse |
d. Inverse
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The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:
a. Regulator b. Major financier c. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter d. All of the above |
d. All of the above
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A free market in healthcare requires:
a. Adequate information for patients b. Independent actions between buyers (patients) and sellers (providers) c. Unencumbered interaction of the forces of supply and demand d. All of the above |
d. All of the above
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A multiple payer system is more cumbersome than a single payer system for all of the following reasons except:
a. There are numerous health plans, which is difficult for providers to handle b. Payments are not standardized across health plans c. Some healthcare services are covered for people in the north, but not in the south d. Government programs require extensive documentation proving services were provided before paying providers |
c. Some healthcare services are covered for people in the north, but not in the south
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Which of the following entities in the U.S. employs lobbyists?
a. Physicians b. Insurance companies c. Large employers d. All of the above |
d. All of the above
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Supplier-induced demand is created by:
a. Patients b. Providers c. Health insurance companies d. The government |
b. Providers
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Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs?
a. United States b. Germany c. UK d. Australia |
a. United States
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What is the meaning of the term 'Access?'
a. All citizens have health insurance coverage b. Availability of services c. Employer-based health insurance d. Ability to get health care when needed |
d. Ability to get health care when needed
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In a free market who would pay for the delivery of health care services?
a. Numerous health insurance companies b. Patients c. Government d. Multiple payers |
b. Patients
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What is meant by the term 'continuum of health care services?'
a. Drugs, treatments, and surgeries b. A range of health care services that go beyond what hospitals and physicians provide c. Continuity of health care for an individual from birth to death d. Technological innovation to provide a variety of services |
b. A range of health care services that go beyond what hospitals and physicians provide
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In the U.S. health care system, which of the following creates a separation between financing and delivery?
a. Payment b. Moral Hazard c. Insurance d. Phantom Providers |
c. Insurance
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When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called
a. defensive medicine b. supplier-induced demand c. primary protection d. legal risk |
a. defensive medicine
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Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions?
a. Financing b. Insurance c. Delivery d. Payment |
d. Payment
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National health care programs in other countries often use the following mechanism to control total health care expenditures?
a. Third parties b. Capitation c. Global budgets d. A single-payer system |
c. Global budgets
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In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical services?
a. People who need catastrophic care. b. Those eligible only for public programs. c. The uninsured d. Those without private health insurance |
c. The uninsured
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