Devry HSM410 2019 JULY Week 8 Final Exam Latest

HSM410 Healthcare Policy

Week 8 Final Exam  

Question 1 (CO 1) Which of the following are potential health ouCOmes of the uninsured?

  Unavoidable hospitalizations

  Higher mortality rates

  All of the above

  High rates of hypertension

Question 2 (CO 1) Define health policy.

  Legislation that governs Medicare and Medicaid

  Current and proposed legislation that governs the actions, decisions, and behaviors that affects the health of a society

  Universal healthcare

  Proposed bills that govern health insurance

Question 3 (CO 3) Progressive payments are _________.

  the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.

  payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.

  a set fee regardless of income.

  payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.

Question 4 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced the concept of cost containment to healthcare. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  All of the above

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for overtreatment and undertreatment of patients.

Question 5 (CO 4) What is the best indicator of high-quality healthcare?

  Number of providers in a geographic area

  Health ouCOmes

  Percentage of uninsured

  Physician-to-patient ratios

Question 6 (CO 2) In the 1990s, the push for cost containment changed how physicians and hospitals are paid. The changes:

  All of the above

  had payment be negotiated between providers and payers.

  bundled services into one payment to shift risk away from payers.

  replaced fee-for-service payments with prospective payment methods.

Question 7 (CO 3) Which of the following are modes of paying for healthcare?

  Out-of-pocket payments, individual private insurance, employment-based private insurance, and government financing

  Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance

  Capitation, fee-for-service, and salary

  Private insurance and government financing

Question 8 (CO 4) Which of the following are potential health ouCOmes of the uninsured?

  Higher mortality rates

  High rates of hypertension

  Unavoidable hospitalizations

  All of the above

Question 9 (CO 3) Regressive payments are:

  payments that take a rising percentage of income as income increases.

  a set fee regardless of income.

  payments that take a falling percentage of income as income increases.

  the ratio of payment to income that is the same for all classes.

Question 10 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced to healthcare the concept of cost containment. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  All of the above

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for "overtreatment" and "undertreatment" of patients.

Question 11 (CO 5) What percentage of long-term care financing is provided by Medicare?

  41%

  38%

  22%

  28%

Question 12 (CO 7) Which of the following is not a category of national health insurance plans?

  Employer-mandated private health insurance

  Government-financed health insurance

  Hybrid plans

  Individual-mandated public health insurance plans

 

Question 13 (CO 6) The goals of disease prevention are:

  Both B & C

  to decrease costs.

  to delay disability and death.

  to maximize illness-free years.

Question 14 (CO 6) Nonmaleficence means:

  duty of healthcare providers to do no harm.

  obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need.

  rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.

  treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 15 (CO 6) Autonomy means:

  obligation of healthcare providers to help people in need.

  duty of healthcare providers to do what they think is best when treating patients

  rights of patients to make choices about their healthcare.

  treat everyone in a fair manner.

Question 16 (CO 1) Which of the followings best explains the paradox of excess and deprivation

  some people receive too little care and some others receive too much healthcare

  people in the United States are always able to access healthcare

  too much technology but not much healthcare

  although people have health insurance, they receive too little healthcare

Question 17 (CO 4) Which of the following represents the largest category of health insurance?

  Individual private insurance

  Medicaid

  Medicare

  employment-based insurance

Question 18 (CO 2) The 1990s introduced to healthcare the concept of cost containment. Which statement best outlines the goal of healthcare cost reform?

  All of the above

  The bundling of services into one payment tends to shift financial risk away from physicians and hospitals toward payers.

  One of the challenges in designing an optimal payment system is striking the right balance between economic incentives for "overtreatment" and "undertreatment" of patients.

  Simply limiting the amount of money paid for expenses related to the diagnosis and treatment of illness has been working for the past 20 years. If the outpouring of funds can be slowed, the quality of care will increase.

Question 19 (CO 3) Which of the following are covered under Medicare Part A?

  skilled nursing care

  All of the above

  home health care

  hospitalization

Question 20 (CO 7) The initial efforts to legislate health insurance started in:

  1963

  1912

  2009

  1970