Deck 1: Overview of the Us Health Care System

Question 1

The U.S. health system is a complicated relationship among providers, consumers, and financers of care that revolves around what three concerns?

A) Cost
B) Quality
C) Access
D) Competence
E)Prestige

Answer 1

A, B, C

Question 2

As the system becomes more strained, providers spend more time on individual patient needs and less on organizationally driven incentives.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

As of 2011, what percentage of the U.S. workforce was employed in health-related occupations?

A) 8.2%
B) 11.8%
C) 15.7%
D) 19.4%

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the United States, 31% of the overall spending in health care is a result of administrative waste.

Question 5

Individual health status may be measured through individual perceptions on a variety of dimensions such as which of the following?

A) Physical disability
B) Presence of illness
C) Risk factors for mortality
D) Risk factors for morbidity
E)Emotional status
F)Overall perception of wellness

Question 6

Individual health status can be measured by a physical examination of the person along any of several dimensions, such as which of the following?

A) Physical disability
B) Biological testing
C) Emotional status
D) Risk of morbidity
E)Risk of mortality

Question 7

On both the population and individual perspectives, the health status of the U.S. population is mediocre with increasing incidence and prevalence of chronic disease across the life span and a relatively high mortality rate among ______________.

Question 8

Many of the determinants of individual health status are shaped by the community and environment in which the person lives.

Question 9

Which of the following is defined as the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group?

A) Public health
B) Global health
C) Population health
D) Individual health

Question 10

Which organization has defined health as "a complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of an illness or a disease"?

A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B) Food and Drug Administration
C) World Health Organization
D) National Institutes of Health