Deck 2: The Economics of Womens Health

Question 1

The SCHIP provides health insurance coverage to:

A) rural Americans.
B) low-income children.
C) minorities.
D) Americans older than 65 years.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act increase access to health insurance?

A) It lowered the cost of insurance for some individuals and businesses.
B) It kept people with preexisting conditions from being excluded from purchasing insurance.
C) It increased access of health insurance through Medicaid.
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is covered with no co-pay under the PPACA?

A) Well-women visits
B) Gestational diabetes screening
C) Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Compared to men, women:

A) have shorter life spans and are more likely to care for sick or aging relatives.
B) have shorter life spans and are less likely to care for sick or aging relatives.
C) have longer life spans and are more likely to care for sick or aging relatives.
D) have longer life spans and are less likely to care for sick or aging relatives.

Question 5

Compared to women who do not care for a relative or friend, women caregivers are:

A) more likely to be depressed.
B) more likely to be sick themselves.
C) more likely to have insomnia.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Although most health insurance plans include deductibles, the more expensive plans require higher deductibles.
B) Federal legislation mandates that patients pay the same co-payment, regardless of their health insurance.
C) A benefit cap is the maximum amount the health insurance provider will pay for a patient's healthcare costs.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

In Canada, Western Europe, and the United Kingdom, the majority of people:

A) are automatically insured through the government.
B) purchase health insurance through their place of employment.
C) purchase health insurance directly from private companies.
D) are uninsured.

Question 8

Which of the following participants shape the direction of health care in the United States?

A) Physicians
B) Patients
C) Insurers
D) All of these are correct.

Question 9

In a third-party healthcare system, the consumer:

A) pays the physician, but not the hospital, for health care.
B) does not pay directly for health care.
C) pays the hospital, but not the physician, for health care.
D) pays for health care and then bills the insurer.

Question 10

When were Medicaid and Medicare enacted?

A) 1965
B) 1980
C) 1993
D) 2010

Question 11

Managed care was introduced as a method to:

A) control expansion of local hospital networks.
B) manage healthcare practices by hospitals.
C) manage healthcare practices by physicians.
D) control healthcare costs.

Question 12

In a fee-for-service payment environment, what incentives do the physicians have?

A) To perform the most possible services, because the more they do, the more they are paid
B) To do the most complex thing, regardless of need, because they will get paid more
C) To try to do as many procedures as possible in the shortest amount of time, because the more they do, the more they will get paid.
D) All of these are correct.

Question 13

The emphasis on managed health care in the United States in the 1990s did which of the following?

A) Increased the national rate of healthcare spending
B) Slowed, but did not stop, the growth in healthcare spending
C) Eliminated the growth in healthcare spending
D) Had no effect on the rate of healthcare spending

Question 14

Which of the following are types of managed care plans?

A) HMO (health maintenance organization)
B) PMO (provider maintenance organization)
C) POS (point-of-service plan)
D) PPO (preferred provider organization)

Question 15

Which of the following statements are true?

A) Men make most of the healthcare decisions for their families.
B) Women are increasingly the target of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers.
C) In the past 40 years, women have increased their participation in the workforce.
D) Women are more likely than men to manage the bills in their families.

Question 16

What are the main arguments for and against a universal health system?

Question 17

Briefly define what Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are and how they might lower healthcare costs.

Question 18

What is the difference between a health insurance copayment and a deductible?

Question 19

Name two reasons why Medicare has become increasingly important to the women's health movement.