MHA 707 EXAM 1/ MHA 707 Health Systems – Questions And Answers Health Care Systems defined? ✔️Ans - all persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems Who is health care systems for? ✔️Ans - legitimized patients by appropriate providers What are variation among nations healthcare systems? ✔️Ans - definitions of HC problems, diagnosis and treatment models, and social position, training and authority of healers.What is health? ✔️Ans - complete, physical, mental and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity What are determinants of health? ✔️Ans - genetic inheritance, physical environement, social and economic environment, health behavior, and healthcare Behavior that affects health, negatively ✔️Ans - smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, lack of exercise implicated in most leading causes of death in US? ✔️Ans - heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases What are the main goals of HC? ✔️Ans - restore health and prevent worsening of problems Levels of prevention ✔️Ans - primary, secondary and tertiary Primay Prevention ✔️Ans - eliminate risk factors to prevent onset. i.e.-- vaxx, exercise, smoking cessation Secondary Prevention ✔️Ans - early detection and treatment (goal to restore pre-onset health status). i.e.-- BP screening, pap smears etc. 1 / 2
Tertiary prevention ✔️Ans - prevent further exacerbation of health problem. i.e. controlling blood sugar, prevent heart attack, stroke etc.
US HC Systems are: ✔️Ans - -complex and unique
-decentralized: fragmented
-mix of private and public financing and provision of care -historically has produced higher physicians incomes and profits for suppliers of medical products.Components of HC ✔️Ans - workforce, facilities, medical products, training and research, and financing workforce ✔️Ans - 12.7 million people facilities ✔️Ans - ambulatory and inpatient medical products ✔️Ans - pharmaceuticals, durable equipment and nondurable supplies training and research ✔️Ans - contributes to quality and innovation of health care systems financing ✔️Ans - $3.49 trillion in 2017 (17.9% GDP)
Government sector: federal, state, and local ✔️Ans - department of
health and human services Private, nonprofit sector ✔️Ans - many hospitals and voluntary agencies such as AMA, Red cross Private, for profit sector ✔️Ans - pharm and other medical products, insurance companies, nursing homes, and hospitals Organizations of HC services ✔️Ans - government, private NFP, and private FP Types of health services ✔️Ans - primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care
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