Deck 7: Outpatient and Primary Care Services

Question 1

Countries whose health systems are oriented more toward primary care achieve:

A)Higher satisfaction with health services among their populations
B)Higher expenditures in the overall delivery of care
C)Worse health outcomes
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Higher satisfaction with health services among their populations

Question 2

One reason women's health centers were created is:

A)Women have more money than men
B)Women seek care more often than men
C)Women have shorter lifespans than men
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Women seek care more often than men

Question 3

Which country's health care system is founded on the principles of gatekeeping?

A)UK
B)US
C)Australia
D)China

Answer 3

UK

Question 4

Which of the following factors helps determine the proportion of primary care personnel to specialists needed for the adequate provision of primary care?

A)How rigidly the health care delivery system employs gatekeeping
B)The population's rates of utilization of primary care services
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b

Question 5

Emergency departments, in most cases, are equipped to provide:

A)Primary care services
B)Secondary care services
C)Tertiary care services
D)Both b and c

Question 6

Hospice services are primarily for people with:

A)Chronic illnesses
B)Rehabilitative needs
C)Terminal illnesses
D)None of the above

Question 7

Community health centers serve primarily:

A)High-income neighborhoods
B)Populations with insurance
C)Populations which are medically underserved
D)Both a and b

Question 8

Fill in the blank: The percentage of medical school graduates choosing careers in primary care is ______________.

A)Increasing
B)Decreasing
C)Remaining steady
D)Unknown

Question 9

What is the likely impact of the ACA on primary care?

A)increase
B)decrease
C)stay the same
D)unknown

Question 10

Fill in the blank: Historically, inpatient care developed ________ outpatient care.

A)Before
B)After
C)At the same time as
D)In the absence of

Question 11

What does "PPS" stand for?

A)Preferred Provider System
B)Primary Physician System
C)Private Practice System
D)Prospective Payment System

Question 12

The most prominent reason for the decline in the number of procedures performed in hospitals is:

A)Most of these procedures were shifted to outpatient setting
B)Most of these procedures were deemed outdated
C)Most of these procedures were unsafe
D)Most of these procedures used technology that was too expensive

Question 13

Outpatient care accounts for what percent of gross patient revenue for all US hospitals?

A)10%
B)20%
C)40%
D)60%

Question 14

Which of the following is a typical setting for ambulatory care services?

A)Sports medicine clinics
B)Physicians' offices
C)Dialysis centers
D)All of the above

Question 15

What is gatekeeping?

A)The process by which patients are denied needed care
B)The process by which primary care physicians refer patients to specialists
C)The concept that specialists use more diagnostic tests than primary care physicians
D)The idea that patients should be allowed to choose their own doctors

Question 16

Typically, tertiary care:

A)Is highly specialized
B)Does not depend on technology
C)Takes place outside of traditional healthcare facilities
D)All of the above

Question 17

What is palliation?

A)Pain and symptom management
B)Psychosocial support
C)A surgical intervention
D)Bed rest

Question 18

Which of the following is a reason for the growth in outpatient services?

A)Managed care
B)New technology
C)Patient preference
D)All of the above

Question 19

How is community-oriented primary care (COPC) different from primary care?

A)COPC does not believe in the link between primary and secondary prevention.
B)COPC adheres more strongly to the biomedical model.
C)COPC adds a population-based approach to identifying and addressing community health problems.
D)All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a secondary care service?

A)Rehabilitation
B)Surgery
C)Consultation
D)All of the above

Question 21

Women visit health care providers more often than men.

Question 22

Men report more chronic illness than women.

Question 23

Delivery of health care with a central focus on specialization cannot maximize health.

Question 24

All ambulatory care is primary care.

Question 25

The proliferation of health care delivery through managed care created a decreased demand for primary care physicians.

Question 26

Historically, outpatient care has been independent from ¬services provided in health care institutions.

Question 27

Primary care may play an important role in mitigating the adverse health effects of income inequality.

Question 28

Primary care practice in most industrialized countries is public.

Question 29

There is little distinction between the terms "outpatient" and "ambulatory."

Question 30

Compared to tertiary care, primary care services are more complex and specialized.