Quiz Over Health care System
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- 1.A federally run entitlement program through which people age 65 and older receive health insurance is called
- A.
Medicare
- B.
CHIP
- C.
HMO
- D.
Medicaid
- 2.Public policy is now attempting to direct the medical system toward which of the following?
- A.
Disease prevention
- B.
Efficient use of resources
- C.
Health promotion
- D.
All of these
- 3.Older Americans consume a disproportionate amount of medical care.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Medicare and Medicaid are the same program.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.A study that compares the costs of providing health care against a desirable change in patient health outcomes is called a(n)
- A.
Cost-effectiveness study.
- B.
Epidemiological assessment.
- C.
Improved health initiative study.
- D.
Nutrition intervention study.
- 6.Health disparities persist among different populations, including racial and ethnic minorities.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Which of the following is not a major contributor to health care expenditures in the United States?
- A.
Screening for diabetes
- B.
Rising professional liability costs
- C.
Cost of malpractice lawsuits
- D.
The administrative cost of the insurance process
- 8.U.S. per capita health spending exceeds that of other industrialized nations by significant margins.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Older Americans consume a disproportionate amount of medical care.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Choose the type of nutrition intervention that is incorrectly matched with an example of a measurable outcome.
- A.
Burns - survival rate
- B.
Obesity - weight changes
- C.
Prenatal care - length of stay
- D.
Diabetes - glycated hemoglobin levels
- 11.In the United States, we _____ disease rather than _____ disease.
- A.
Prevent, treat
- B.
Treat, prevent
- C.
Prolong, cure
- D.
None of these pairs are correct.
- 12.Medicare and Medicaid were created by which legislation?
- A.
Social Security Act of 1935
- B.
Hill-Burton Act of 1946
- C.
Social Security Amendments of 1965
- D.
National Health Insurance Act of 1988
- 13.The uninsured most often include
- A.
The disabled.
- B.
Those with end-stage renal disease.
- C.
The elderly.
- D.
Self-employed business men and women.
- 14.The philosophy that the health care system will do everything possible in terms of curative and treatment services to make people well
- A.
Underlies the wellness model paradigm.
- B.
Underlies the medical model paradigm.
- C.
Was rejected by Americans in the 1970s.
- D.
Will be the health care philosophy of the future.
- 15.In 2010, approximately _____ percent of the U.S. population was uninsured.
- A.
12
- B.
20
- C.
8
- D.
17
- 16.Which of the following is not true regarding nutrition protocols?
- A.
The clearly specify appropriate care and acceptable limits of care for each disease state or condition.
- B.
They are detailed guidelines for care that are specific to the disease or condition and type of patient.
- C.
They serve as frameworks to help practitioners in assessment, development, and evaluation of nutrition interventions.
- D.
They are considered unnecessary for achieving payment for nutrition services.
- 17.To determine the rating of a particular health care system, one must examine which of the following variables?
- A.
Access to health care
- B.
Cost of health care
- C.
Quality of health care
- D.
All of these need to be considered.
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