HCM 330 Midterm Exam -155 Q&A The hope that big data can solve many health-related problems underlies which of the following? Correct Answer - Personalized medicine What percent of all jobs in the United States are in the health sector? Correct Answer - 11% Health care in the United States is best described as an enterprise because it blends providers oriented toward altruism with which of the following? Correct Answer - A huge health-care industry What proportion of its economic resources does the United States devote to medical care and the promotion of health? Correct Answer - Nearly 20% Which were among the achievements of health researchers in the nineteenth century?Correct Answer - 1) Acknowledgement of the need for clean water and safe sanitation 2) An understanding of the role of germs in communicating disease Which of the following help to pay for health care in the United States? Correct Answer
- 1) Out-of-pocket payments
2) Taxes 3) Foregone wages ***Access to medical care in the United States depends on which of the following?Correct Answer - 1) Income Level 2) Race 3) Geographic Location ***Which of the following are appropriate goals of the public health system? Correct Answer - 1) Ensuring safe sanitation and water supplies 2) Preventing epidemics 3) Promoting healthy behaviors 4) Protecting the environment ***Which of the following play a role in running the U.S. health care system? Correct Answer - 1) Executives of pharmaceutical businesses 2) Heads of technology companies 3) Policy makers 4) Policy advocates The "health in all" approach to social policy advocates which of the following? Correct Answer - Political leadership to guide collective action that encourages pro-health norms and practices 1 / 2
The relatively new concept of public health is distinguished by which of the following?Correct Answer - Focus of the lives of patients outside health care organizations The evolution of the U.S. health care system has been shaped most strongly by which of the following? Correct Answer - Economic incentives and opportunities The U.S. health care system rewards providers for which of the following? Correct Answer - Providing more, and more, billable services Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of many U.S. patients' experience?Correct Answer - Ignorance of the price of a service until after delivery Which stakeholder often plays the role of referee in the U.S. health care system?Correct Answer - Insurers Which stakeholders in the U.S. health care system most likely views health insurance premiums as a cost of doing business? Correct Answer - Employers On which of the following goals do public place makers most often disagree? Correct Answer - Definition of health care access as a universal right What feature of many other countries' health care systems does the U.S. system lack?Correct Answer - A central government agency to control the delivery of health care Which organization defines health as a "state of complete physical, mental and social 'wellbeing' and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?" Correct Answer - World Health Organization (WHO) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has increased the health system's focus on which of the following? Correct Answer - Prevention Programs to help people lose weight or stop smoking are examples of which type of prevention? Correct Answer - Primary Which of the following is NOT a type of secondary prevention service? Correct Answer
- Immunizations
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(This is a primary prevention service) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, what percentage of emergency room visits in 2015 were actually urgent, requiring medical attention within 15 to 60 minutes? Correct Answer - 29.8% The emergency severity index (ESI) defines "immediate" as a patient whose condition needs to be seen within what time span? Correct Answer - Less than 1 minute