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IHS Exam 1 2024The 1940s signaled the end of the dominance of acute infectious disease and the rise of
chronic illnesses such as heart diseases, stroke, and cancer due to what discovery? -
answer Antibiotics
What will affect all health professionals in every career and will change the practice of
medicine, as we know it? - answer Population trends and healthcare reform
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law in which year? - answer2010
The most common causes of death in 1900 were - answer acute communicable
diseases
The most common causes of death currently are - answer chronic non-communicable
diseases.
Hospitals employ approximately what percent of healthcare personnel? - answer40%
This type of hospital is operated for the financial benefit of the persons, partnerships, or
corporations that own them. - answerProprietary hospitals
Hospitals arose around the time of the civil war from - answeralmshouses
institutions which cared for the poor, disabled, and chronically ill. - answeralmshouses
Patients and their families who are involved in making healthcare decisions together
with their doctor and other healthcare professionals describes what kind of team? -
answerPatient centered medical team
Up until the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the predominant method of
reimbursement for health care services has been - answerfee-for-service payment
Part-time and self-employed workers and those buying insurance from non-group plans
were able to purchase insurance through - answera health exchange (established by
individual states or the federal government.)
Medicare Part A includes insurance for which medical services? - answerHospital
Medicare Part B includes insurance for which medical services? - answerphysician
services/outpatient
, Medicare Part C includes insurance for which medical services? - answerbenefits of
medicare (medicare advantage plans like HMOs and PPOs)
Medicare Part D includes insurance for which medical services? - answerprescription
drugs benefits
The major drawback to an HMO is which of the following? - answerThe insurance will
not cover out-of-network care (geography)
True or False, Shifts in the US population are expected to change with an increase in
ethnic and racial minorities and a decrease in Caucasians between 2012 and 2050 -
answerTrue.
By 2030, the age group 65 years and older is anticipated to be twice as large as in
2010, and will represent nearly ___ of the total US population - answer20%
__ ___ is operated on the principle that the dying have social needs and wants that
hospital personnel are too busy to handle. - answerhospice care
A nursing home which provides the level of care closest to hospital care is called a -
answerskilled nursing facility.
___ was passed in 2010 in an effort to control rising healthcare costs and lower the
number of uninsured Americans - answerThe Affordable Care Act
Prior to 1900, the diseases in the US were caused largely by - answeracute infectious
diseases
According to the WHO, what is the best "vaccine" against common diseases? -
answerAdequate diet
in 1900 the leading cause of death was ___, and infectious disease opposed to the
leading cause of death in 2015, ____ a chronic non-infectious disease -
answerpneumonia, heart disease
what event in 1918 led to a profound spike in the number of deaths from infectious
diseases in the US? - answerinfluenza pandemic
What is the primary factor leading to many chronic conditions in the US today? -
answerlifestyle
True or False Life expectancy has increased dramatically in the US since 1900 -
answerTrue
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