States 12th Edition Knickman Test Bank

Jonas and Kovners Health Care Delivery in the United States 12th Edition Knickman Test Bank

Chapter 1, The Challenge of Health Care Delivery and Health Policy

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• The hope that big data can solve many health-related problems underlies which of the

following?*A. Personalized medicine

• A more complex health enterprise

• Better health care management

• Universal health care

• What percent of all jobs in the United States are in the health sector?

• 8%

*B. 11%

C. 15%

D. 27%

• Health care in the United States is best described as an enterprise because it blends

providers oriented toward altruism with which of the following?

• Government spending

• Minimal regulation 1 / 4

*C. A huge health-care industry

• Local regulation

• What proportion of its economic resources does the United States devote to medical care

and the promotion of health?

• About 5%

• Nearly 10%

• About 13%

*D. Nearly 20%

MULTIPLE RESPONSE

• Which were among the achievements of health researchers in the nineteenth century?

Select all that apply.

*A. An understanding of the role of germs in communicating disease

• Development of an efficient way to assess the cost of health care

*C. Acknowledgement of the need for clean water and safe sanitation

• Recognition of the need to pay doctors more

• Which of the following help to pay for health care in the United States? Select all that

apply.*A. Taxes

*B. Foregone wages 2 / 4

*C. Out-of-pocket payments

• Employer bonuses

• Access to medical care in the United States depends on which of the following? Select all

that apply.*A. Race

• Age

• Medical need

*D. Geographic location

*E. Income level

• Which of the following are appropriate goals of the public health system? Select all that

apply.

*A. Promoting healthy behaviors

*B. Ensuring safe sanitation and water supplies

*C. Protecting the environment

• Alleviating pain and suffering caused by major medical problems

*E. Preventing epidemics

• Which of the following play a role in running the U.S. health care system? Select all that

apply.*A. Policy makers

*B. Policy advocates 3 / 4

*C. Heads of technology companies

• Parents

*E. Executives of pharmaceutical businesses

• Problems in the coordination, transparency, and accountability of medical care arise

because of which of the following? Select all that apply.*A. Inadequate information on which patients can base medical choices

*B. Providers’ refusal to disclose their prices to patients

• Inequities in patients’ income and educational levels

*D. Failure to encourage the use of second opinions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Which of the following is not a defining characteristic of the U.S. health care system?

• Dysfunctional methods of payment and financing

*B. Dominant role of politicians

• Tension between the free market and government control

• Lack of coordination between the many types of actors and organizations

• The “health in all” approach to social policy advocates which of the following?

*A. Political leadership to guide collective action that encourages pro-health norms and practices

• Universal health care
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