Deck 26: Is the Medical Care System a Public Health Issue

Question 1

Prior to the Affordable Care Act, what industrialized nation other than the United States did not have a national plan ensuring medical care for all its citizens?

A) Great Britain
B) South Africa
C) Germany
D) Ireland

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which part of Medicare is a prescription drug plan that is optional and requires an additional monthly premium?

A) Part A
B) Part B
C) Part C
D) Part D

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What state passed a law in 2013 that allows physicians to assist patients to commit suicide by prescribing lethal doses of drugs?

A) Oregon
B) Washington
C) Vermont
D) New Mexico

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Vastly greater sums of public money are spent each year on medical care than on public health measures aimed at preventing disease and disability.

Question 5

Despite some resistance, the medical profession has willingly submitted to some forms of government regulation.

Question 6

A doctor whose sloppy work in the operating room causes patient harm may see license revocation by the state for incompetence.

Question 7

If a community hospital seeks accreditation, it needs to satisfy the requirements of the Joint Commission.

Question 8

Before a large medical practice can be compensated by Medicare and Medicaid, it will need to be accredited by the Joint Commission.

Question 9

It would be surprising in most parts of the United States to see a state government requiring proof-of-need before a new medical clinic could open.

Question 10

The American healthcare system contains significant problems in terms of access and cost.

Question 11

The task of matching available organs with waiting patients is handled by a nonprofit organization under contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Question 12

Several notable cases occurred in the 1970s and 1980s involving babies born with ___________________, characterized by mental retardation and often accompanied by physical defects that are lethal but correctable by surgery.

Question 13

The U.S. Justice Department implemented the "____________________," which mandated treatment of all newborns with birth defects.

Question 14

whats the terms to the appropriate description.
-Permits doctors to make decisions about a patient's care with no consideration of cost

Question 15

whats the terms to the appropriate description.
-Covers health insurance for individuals over the age of 65

Question 16

whats the terms to the appropriate description.
-Pays doctor bills and other outpatient costs for individuals over the age of 65

Question 17

whats the terms to the appropriate description.
-Welfare program for the poor with costs shared by the federal government and the states

Question 18

whats the following terms to the appropriate description
-After work on assisted suicide, was convicted of second-degree murder

Question 19

whats the following terms to the appropriate description
-New Jersey Supreme Court eventually ruled that she could be removed from a ventilator at the request of her parents over the objections of hospital personnel

Question 20

whats the following terms to the appropriate description
-Father moved her to another state in order to remove the feeding tube and let her die

Question 21

whats the following terms to the appropriate description
-Florida law provided that her husband was entitled to decide that the feeding tube should be removed

Question 22

To confirm that they provide high-quality care, healthcare institutions may seek accreditation by which private organization?

A) American Medical Association
B) Department of Health and Human Services
C) Joint Commission
D) National Institutes of Health

Question 23

In which state does the law allow healthcare institutions to withdraw life support when further treatment is judged futile, even against the wishes of the patient as expressed in an advance directive?

A) California
B) Oregon
C) Washington
D) Arizona

Question 24

Which organization maintains a computerized network of 58 organ recovery centers in 11 geographic regions of the nation?

A) UNICEF
B) UNFAO
C) UNOS
D) CDC

Question 25

The medical system is called upon to deal with the consequences of failures in public health.

Question 26

As medical care is increasingly being provided by managed care organizations and as methods are developed to evaluate the quality of care provided by the organizations, accreditation of managed care organizations not nearly as widespread.

Question 27

The most contentious legal cases have concerned the system's insistence on providing expensive, intrusive, and unwanted treatment to patients whose conditions are judged medically hopeless.

Question 28

Immunizations against infectious diseases, monitoring of pregnancies, and the provision of "well-baby care" to ensure that children develop normally are all considered to be_____________.

Question 29

Because of the danger of one individual infecting others, dealing with _______________________ falls under public health.

Question 30

Federal pressure for state and local governments to provide emergency services began with the _______________________.

Question 31

Two exceptions to the principle that U.S. citizens do not have a right to medical care are _______________________ and prisoners.

Question 32

In response to increasing evidence that the U.S. healthcare system was dysfunctional, the _______________________ endorsed President Obama's efforts to change the system.

Question 33

Licensure is supposed to ensure that _______________________ receive quality care.

Question 34

Licensure of doctors, nurses, and other health care providers occurs at the _______________________ level.

Question 35

Whats the appropriate President of the following?
-Negotiated the Children's Health Insurance Program with Congress

Question 36

Whats the appropriate President of the following?
-Persuaded Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act

Question 37

Whats the appropriate President of the following?
-Passed Medicare and Medicaid

Question 38

Whats the appropriate President of the following?
-Proposed a single health insurance system that would apply to everyone after World War II

Question 39

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Created a new group of citizens with a right to medical care based on their diagnoses

Question 40

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Mandated that infants born with any signs of life be treated as suffering from an emergency medical condition

Question 41

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Mandated treatment of all newborns with birth defects

Question 42

Whats the appropriate description of the piece of legislation?
-Pressured states and localities to develop procedures for providing quick access to emergency care