HCM 330 Final Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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HCM 330
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HCM 330
HCM 330 Final Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Inpatient care consist of - ANSWERShealth care deliver in conjunction with an overnight stay in a facility
The biggest share of national health spending is attributed to - ANSWERShospital
Private, nonprofit hospitals are the mo...
HCM 330 Final Exam Study Guide
Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Inpatient care consist of - ANSWERShealth care deliver in conjunction with an overnight stay in a facility
The biggest share of national health spending is attributed to - ANSWERShospital
Private, nonprofit hospitals are the most - ANSWERScommon ownership type of hospitals and hospital
beds in the United States.
Average daily census - ANSWERSis a measure of a hospital's number of inpatients served daily
Hospital patient populations with more severe illnesses will result - ANSWERSin longer average lengths
of stay
Many efforts related to utilization control factors - ANSWERStarget reducing length of stay at hospitals.
Discharge statistics more accurate than admission statistics - ANSWERSbecause childbirth is a relatively
common procedure that counts as one admission when there are two patients
Pressure to contain costs was primary factor - ANSWERSwas the trigger that made hospitals limit care to
the more acute period of illness rather than the full course of the disease
Transition to the government prospective payment system triggered the downsizing of - ANSWERSthe
U.S. hospital industry during the 1980s.
Occupancy rate is a measure of - ANSWERSthe proportion of a hospital's capacity that is actually utilized
Hospitals may provide both - ANSWERSinpatient and outpatient care
, the decline in the number of procedures performed in hospitals - ANSWERSis due to many procedures
being shifted to outpatient setting
the growth in outpatient services is a result of - ANSWERSmanaged care and patients preferring
outpatient to inpatient and technologies that allow it
there is a technical, but little practical distinction - ANSWERSbetween the terms "outpatient" and
"ambulatory"
Primary care includes - ANSWERSprevention, diagnostics, and health education but not hospitalization or
rehabilitation
The roles of primary care include - ANSWERSbeing the initial point of contact, be holistic and
comprehensive, and providing longitudinal, continuing care.
Secondary care services are not routine - ANSWERSthings like surgery, rehab, or specialty consultation
Typically, tertiary car is highly - ANSWERSspecialize and relies heavily on technology
Hospice services are primarily for - ANSWERSpeople with terminal illnesses within the last 6 months of
life
Health insurance is the primary mechanism - ANSWERSthat enables people to obtain health care
services
the primary purpose of insurance - ANSWERSis the protection against risk
the main advantage go group insurance - ANSWERSis that risk is spread out among a large number of
insured
a copayment is generally paid - ANSWERSeach time the insured receives health care services
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