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Jonas' Introduction to the U.S. Health Care System 9th Edition By Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, MA; Karen Goldsteen, PhD, MPH; Benjamin Goldsteen, MBA 9780826174024 Chapter 1-13 Complete Guide .
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Test Bank for Jonas' Introduction to the U.S. Health CareSystem, 9th Edition by Raymond L. Goldsteen,
9780826174024, Covering Chapters 1-11 | Includes Rationales
What was the first major stage of the hospital evolution? - ANSWER: Almshouses
When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately? - ANSWER:
When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical procedures that could not be offered at
home.
Who opened the first proprietary hospitals? - ANSWER: Physicians
What contributed to the growth of hospitals from 1930-1980? - ANSWER: Hill-Burton Act, Health
Insurance, Technological advances
What were the main factors in the growth of hospitals in the United States? - ANSWER: Hill- Burton
Act, private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid
What is credited with having the greatest impact on the expansion of hospital beds in the U.S.? -
ANSWER: Hill-Burton
What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry during the 1980's? - ANSWER:
Prospective Payment System
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? - ANSWER: Discharge patients quicker
than before
What are 'days of care'? - ANSWER: The total number of patient days
T or F: 19th century almshouses provided mainly rehabilitation services - ANSWER: False
T or F: PPS and managed care had the desired effect of reducing the growth in hospital expenditures. -
ANSWER: True
T or F: Women are admitted to hospitals more often than men even after adjusting for childbearing -
ANSWER: True
T or F: Federal hospitals are classified as public hospitals, but they are not community hospitals
because they do not serve the general public. - ANSWER: True
T or F: The Internal Revenue Code forbids nonprofit hospitals to make a profit. - ANSWER: False
T or F: Compared to general hospitals, speciality hospitals offer services that are clinically superior. -
ANSWER: False
T or F: Most mental health care in the United States is delivered in psychiatric hospitals - ANSWER:
False
T or F: To refuse treatment is one of the basic rights of patients. - ANSWER: True
What type of reimbursement method involves a fixed monthly sum per enrollee? - ANSWER:
Capitation
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