Deck 15: Comparing Health Care Systems

Question 1

Which healthcare model is based on a concept of social solidarity and characterized effectively by a universal insurance coverage generally within the framework of social security?

A) Consumer sovereignty model
B) Bismarck model
C) Beveridge model
D) Consumer-dependent model

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which country is most commonly associated with the National Health Service Model?

A) United Kingdom
B) United States
C) New Zealand
D) Sweden

Answer 2

A

Question 3

_____________________, which are private nonprofit companies, are responsible for collecting funds and reimbursing healthcare providers and hospitals.

Answer 3

Sickness funds

Question 4

Which of the following are essential features of the Canadian healthcare system?

A) National insurance
B) Free choice of medical provider
C) Public production of medical services
D) Regulated global budgets and fees for healthcare providers

Question 5

Which of the following are distinguishing characteristics of the healthcare system in the United Kingdom?

A) Free choice of medical provider
B) Private contracting of medical services
C) Global budgets for hospitals
D) Fixed-salaries for hospital-based physicians
E)Capitation payments to general practitioners

Question 6

Which of the four stages associated with the development and diffusion of medical technology match the following description.
-Original investigation for the advancement of scientific knowledge without specific commercial objectives.

Question 7

Which of the four stages associated with the development and diffusion of medical technology match the following description.
-Yields solutions for the prevention, treatment, or curing of diseases.

Question 8

Which of the four stages associated with the development and diffusion of medical technology match the following description.
-New medical technologies are evaluated using human subjects.

Question 9

Which of the four stages associated with the development and diffusion of medical technology match the following description.
-Commercial introduction, adoption, and spreading of medical technologies.

Question 10

In Singapore, which program is an endowment established by the government to finance the healthcare needs of the poor?

A) MediGap program
B) MediSave program
C) MediShield program
D) MediFund program

Question 11

In terms of overall satisfaction, the German system was superior but only by a slight margin relative to that in the United Kingdom.

Question 12

If the poll results were confined to the elderly, the United States healthcare system is superior with 69% of the elderly satisfied with their healthcare system and the United Kingdom ranked second with 61% of satisfied households.

Question 13

The 2011 study by Jankaushiene and Jankauskaite of 10 European countries found that overall, the countries that provided the best quality and healthcare access are Austria, Denmark, and Germany.