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MHA 707 EXAM 1/ MHA 707
HEALTH SYSTEMS – QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Question : The Importance of good health care in
America:
CORRECT ANSWER: - altruistic oriented set of
providers and activities + huge industry + profitability
CORRECT ANSWER: - 20% of our GDP is devoted to
medical care and health promotion (value)
CORRECT ANSWER: - 11% of all US jobs are in the
health sector
CORRECT ANSWER: - sizable share of our income is
spent on the health care we need
Question : Characteristics of US health system
CORRECT ANSWER: - not ordered or organized as a
single enterprise
CORRECT ANSWER: - actors and organizations often
work independently
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CORRECT ANSWER: - little coordination between
players
CORRECT ANSWER: - system continues to evolve
haphazardly
Question : health maintenance
CORRECT ANSWER: - clear difference between health
"maintenance" and "restoring" health
CORRECT ANSWER: - medical care systems care for
people even if restoring health is impossible
Question : fee for service
CORRECT ANSWER: a system under which doctors
and hospitals receive a payment for each service they provide
Question : health care delivery
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. the importance of
organizations in delivering care
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CORRECT ANSWER: 2. the role of professionals in
running our system
CORRECT ANSWER: 3. the emergence of new
medical technology, smartphones, big data, new pharma.
CORRECT ANSWER: 4. tension between free market
and government control
CORRECT ANSWER: 5. a dysfunctional payment
system
Question : customer friendly
CORRECT ANSWER: the health system could do much
more to improve the experience of patients receiving care
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. improving quality
Question : access to health care
CORRECT ANSWER: not always ensured. many rural
areas have shortages of doctors and other providers and many doctors refuse to see patients with certain types of insurance because of low payment rates
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CORRECT ANSWER: 2. improving access and
coverage
Question : Major Issues and Concerns
CORRECT ANSWER: 3. slowing growth of health care
expenditures
CORRECT ANSWER: 4. encouraging healthy behavior
CORRECT ANSWER: 5. improving the public health
system
CORRECT ANSWER: 6. addressing inequalities in
access
Question : stakeholder
CORRECT ANSWER: set of people who have a strong
interest in how something in our society is done.