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37 Cards in this Set
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What is a framework for understanding the healthcare system?
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-Policymakers
-Payers -Public -Providers |
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What top 5 groups pay the most for healthcare?
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1. Private insurers
2. Medicare 3. Medicaid 4. Out of pocket 5. State medicaid |
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What % of federal spending goes to Medicare?
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7%
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Who does Medicare pay for?
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-37 million people over 65
-7 million young people with permanent disabilities |
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Who is paid for by Medicaid?
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-Low-income families
-People with disabilities -Elderly people that ran out of medicare |
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How many people are paid for by Medicaid?
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55 million
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Which is the dominant source of US long-term care financing?
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Medicaid
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What percent of people on Medicaid consume over HALF of all that spending?
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Only 4% - the really disabled!
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What percent of medicaid enrolees are low-income children? Disabled adults?
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Lowincome kids = 50%
Disabled adults = 15% |
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Who consumes more expenditures? By how much?
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Disabled adults = consume almost 50% of medicaid dollars
Lowincome kids = less than 20% |
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What has happened to healthcare spending as a % of gross domestic product?
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It is continuously increasing
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What does the government spend more on; medicare or social security?
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Social security
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How much does the government spend on Social security? Medicare?
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Social security - .5 trillion
Medicare = .25 trillion |
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What will happen to the medicare trust fund by 2018?
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It will be bankrupt
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What will the budget deficit be in 2050?
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Over 4.5 Trillion!! Up from .25
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What does over 30% of US healthcare expenditures pay for?
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Hospital care
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What is the next highest amt of dollars for healthcare going to?
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Medical doctors and clinic services
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What is the 3rd high expenditure of healthcare expenses?
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Retail sales / pharmaceuticals
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What is the smallest amt of healthcare expenses?
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Government public health
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What are the top 3 things of excess that contribute to why america's cost of hc is so high?
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1. Administrative costs
2. Malpractice costs 3. Use of higher technology |
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Out of 1000 persons, how many report symptoms? How many see a doc?
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-800 report symptoms
-217 visit a doc |
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Out of 1000 persons how many recieve home healthcare? How many go to the ER?
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14 - home hc
13 - go to the ER |
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Out of 1000 persons how many are hospitalized? How many in an academic center?
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8 are hospitalized
1 goes to Froedtert |
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Where is the most money spent?
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At froedtert
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Where do healthcare expenses rate on the monthly budget of americans?
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#6 - way below rent, transport, food, clothes, and utilities.
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What proportion of the population is uninsured, unstably insured, or underinsured?
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Over 1/3
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Why are most uninsured that way?
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Because they can't afford it
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What percent of the uninsured are American citizens?
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80%
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If most uninsured either work fulltime or have a family member who does, why are they uninsured?
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Because EMPLOYERS DON'T OFFER BENEFITS - walmart.....
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What percent of Wisconsin residents are uninsured?
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7%
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What is the consequence of being uninsured?
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Delayed limited access
-Put off treatments due to cost -Can't see the top specialists |
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What percent of kids in these areas are living in poverty?
-Milwaukee county -Waukesha county -City of milwaukee -The US |
Milwaukee county = 28%
Waukesha county = 2% City of Milwaukee = 40% US = 17% |
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Why are hospitals closing in urban areas and expanding in the suburbs?
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Because hospitals rely on commercial costs and out-of-pocket payers to take up the slack where medicare/caid recipients don't pay.
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Of the US, Germany and UK, who spends the most taxes on HC?
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UK - 28%
US/Germany - 11% |
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Who spends the most on healthcare per capita?
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The US!
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In what country do MDs use electronic medical records?
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UK - 58%
Germany - 48% US = 17%%% |
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In what country is HC the most effective? Most efficient? Equitable/safe?
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Effective - US
Efficient - Germany Equitable/safe - UK |