Deck 10: The Health Care System

Question 1

In 2015, the U.S. ranked _____ globally in life expectancy.

A) 3rd
B) 12th
C) 26th
D) 1st

Answer 1

26th

Question 2

Which is NOT an important indicator of the quality and access of a health care system?

A) Infant Mortality Rate
B) Highway spending
C) Per Capita Number of doctors
D) Percentage of Rural vs. Urban Population

Answer 2

Highway spending

Question 3

In 2009 the highest percentage of health care cost were paid by

A) "out of pocket".
B) state government.
C) federal government.
D) private insurance.

Answer 3

federal government.

Question 4

In the recent past, ______ determined access to health care.

A) proximity to health care providers
B) gender
C) employment status
D) ability to pay

Question 5

The Affordable Care Act's main purpose is to increase the percentage of citizens who are covered by healthcare insurance. The current trends as measured by the National Center for Health Statistics suggest that:

A) the percentage of people with employment based private insurance is increasing.
B) the percentage of uninsured adults is decreasing
C) Both 1 and 2 are true.
D) Both 1 and 2 are false.

Question 6

Haynes, McDonald, & Garg found that patients adhere to medical regimens ______ % of the time.

A) 94
B) 37
C) 65
D) 50

Question 7

What would be an example of promoting adherence of medical regimens?

A) Doctor mandate
B) Providing brightly colored pamphlets
C) Positive feedback
D) Threat of punishment

Question 8

The difference between functional social support and structural social support is ___________.

A) structural social support is more beneficial than functional social support
B) people directly helping others vs. formal social relationships
C) legal relationships vs. informal relationships
D) receiving financial support vs. receiving emotional support

Question 9

What is NOT an example of how physicians behavior can positively affect patient's follow through,

A) Physician's overall satisfaction
B) Doctor's willingness to answer questions
C) Using nonmedical language
D) Number of patients seen during the week

Question 10

Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program is an example effective health promotion, described as

A) multimedia campaign targeted at risk groups.
B) development of a new heart healthy diet.
C) a social support group.
D) an blood pressure lowering exercise routine.

Question 11

What would be an example of integrating the community psychology into public health disease prevention?

A) Eliminating soda vending machines at public schools.
B) Police sponsored drug resistance program.
C) Using a celebrity spoke person in a public service campaign.
D) Building on existing local friendships to promote health behaviors.

Question 12

According to Snowden (2005) "Population thinking" focuses on

A) minority groups.
B) social mechanism.
C) community leaders.
D) environmental context.

Question 13

What was NOT one of the measures to predict levels of hopelessness in poor inner city youth?

A) Exposure to violence
B) Social disruption
C) Housing situation
D) Social connectedness

Question 14

What was one of the benefits of creating a collaborative community change of health system of health care in Georgia?

A) Greater communication between health care providers
B) Cost cutting
C) Increased patient satisfaction
D) Increased access to care

Question 15

What is health literacy?

A) Ability to read medical journals
B) Knowledge of health related issues
C) Understanding health indicators
D) Ability to navigate the health care system

Question 16

According to the chapter on health care, reform is most effective when coming from a _____ voice.

A) vertical
B) horizontal
C) concentric
D) consensus

Question 17

Snowden (2005) found that Asian Americans health care usage increased if health services were ______.

A) clean and safe
B) centrally located
C) bilingual
D) staffed by friendly personnel

Question 18

Examination of the needs of rural health programs in Hawaii showed most of the issues were focused on ________.

A) funding
B) social support and network resources
C) increasing access
D) a lack of health care providers

Question 19

Literature review by Uchin, et al. showed that social support can be beneficial to

A) weight loss.
B) cardiovascular, endocrine and immune system health.
C) smoking cessation.
D) depression.

Question 20

ACCESS program in New York was successful by

A) building partnerships between community based organizations and the department of health.
B) targeting minority groups.
C) working with severely at risk populations.
D) having little administrative cost.

Question 21

According to your text, health disparities are evident when:

A) there is a statistically significant change in the prevalence of a disorder over a 10 year period
B) a group has a genetic predisposition to contract a particular illness
C) there is an overrepresentation of people in a diagnostic category when compared to the population in general.
D) an illness is treated less effectively when compared to another illness

Question 22

Integrated care is best understood as:

A) health care that increases connections between mental and physical wellness
B) a structure that allows professionals to better coordinate care and services
C) an approach to healthcare that increases access to services
D) all of the above

Question 23

Why would prevention over remediation be cost effective?

Question 24

What are the challenges of studying rural health? Why are rural health issues different than health issues?

Question 25

What are five factors that can improve or decrease an individual's health status? How does each affect health?

Question 26

What are the benefits and challenges of shifting focus from individuals to groups, neighbors and system?

Question 27

What are examples to increasing accessibility to health care?

Question 28

Describe the relationship between social support and health.

Question 29

Given what you have read about health disparities and access to care issues, explain how Integrated Care approaches might be beneficial to underserved populations.

Question 30

What are some of the reasons that rural communities are underserved with respect to healthcare relative to more urban populations?