Exam Study Questions
True/False: 1/2 point each = 25 Total Points
Which Statements Are True?
1. A chronic condition is relatively severe, episodic, and often treatable.
2. According to polls, most Americans are satisfied with the quality of health care.
3. American beliefs and values favor the development and use of new medical technology despite its cost.
4. Among both the insured and the uninsured, only a relatively small proportion of American adults believe that the government would be the best source for obtaining health coverage.
5. As the health care delivery system developed in the US, it emphasized specialization over primary care.
6. As the health care delivery system developed in the US, right from its inception primary care physicians were assigned a gatekeeping role.
7. By law, a health insurance plan must cover work-related injuries.
8. Capitation is a payment mechanism in which all health care services are included under one set fee per covered individual.
9. Cultural beliefs have very little to do with health.
10. Decision making based on cost effectiveness about the use of medical technology is more prevalent in the US than in other industrialized countries.
11. Disease is usually caused by one factor.
12. Evidence from other industrialized nations shows that limitations on the adoption and use of technology do not necessarily correlate with negative health status of a population.
13. Health outcomes are primarily determined by non-medical factors.
14. In national health care programs, governments are immune from lawsuits.
15. In a single-payer system, the primary payer usually is an insurance company.
16. In the preindustrial period, much of the medical care in the US was provided by nonphysicians.
17. In the US, both patients and practitioners generally equate high-quality care with high-intensity care.
18. Increased financing will increase the utilization of health care services.
19. Major medical plans do not include dental coverage.
20.
Which Statements Are True?
1. A chronic condition is relatively severe, episodic, and often treatable.
2. According to polls, most Americans are satisfied with the quality of health care.
3. American beliefs and values favor the development and use of new medical technology despite its cost.
4. Among both the insured and the uninsured, only a relatively small proportion of American adults believe that the government would be the best source for obtaining health coverage.
5. As the health care delivery system developed in the US, it emphasized specialization over primary care.
6. As the health care delivery system developed in the US, right from its inception primary care physicians were assigned a gatekeeping role.
7. By law, a health insurance plan must cover work-related injuries.
8. Capitation is a payment mechanism in which all health care services are included under one set fee per covered individual.
9. Cultural beliefs have very little to do with health.
10. Decision making based on cost effectiveness about the use of medical technology is more prevalent in the US than in other industrialized countries.
11. Disease is usually caused by one factor.
12. Evidence from other industrialized nations shows that limitations on the adoption and use of technology do not necessarily correlate with negative health status of a population.
13. Health outcomes are primarily determined by non-medical factors.
14. In national health care programs, governments are immune from lawsuits.
15. In a single-payer system, the primary payer usually is an insurance company.
16. In the preindustrial period, much of the medical care in the US was provided by nonphysicians.
17. In the US, both patients and practitioners generally equate high-quality care with high-intensity care.
18. Increased financing will increase the utilization of health care services.
19. Major medical plans do not include dental coverage.
20.