HCA255 week 7 quiz

The healthcare system in the U.S. is unique and unparalleled to other countries' systems.

True False

• Countries with a socialist background have been moving toward the decentralization of healthcare delivery thereby allowing more of a private sector.

• True False

• Health policy is a problematic issue throughout the world, but it is particularly challenging in the U.S., where there is no consensus about which government agency or social institution, if any, has the legitimate role of developing or implementing national health policy.

• True False

Those who propose a one-size-fits-all approach to solving health care problems are operating in a simplistic world that ignores the complex interests of the industry's multiple stakeholders.

True False

Physicians and their professional organizations have sought to maintain a near monopoly over health care decision making but this "power of the profession" has been waning.

True False

Although employers have experienced changing concerns is has not influenced the evolution of our health care system

True False

A review of the efforts in many countries shows that there is no magic bullet, that the healthcare system is the product of a social context, and that many measures and many accommodations are needed to achieve good care at reasonable costs.

True False

The current U.S. healthcare system evolved through a political process influenced by trends in culture, technology, demographics, economic development, and through experimentation.

True False

The "iron triangle" refers to cost, quality and acceptance.

True False

Healthcare reform proposals that address access problems seldom mention issues related to supply of services available or the impact of a large increase in volume on prices and costs.

True False