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HCAD STUDY GUIDE - MIDTERM EXAMQUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
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Key social factors that predict an individual's health include what? Answer -
family income, availability of educational opportunities, social connections
What is a distinguishing feature of many U.S. patients' experience? Answer -
Ignorance of the price of a service until after delivery
Which stakeholder often plays the role of referee in the U.S. healthcare
system? Answer - Insurers
Which stakeholder in the U.S. healthcare system most likely views health
insurance premiums as a cost of doing business? Answer - Employers
Process of maintaining health Answer - - Medical providers help with
maintaining a person's health by providing screenings and prevention services
that can keep a person from becoming ill.
- Good health results from vibrant public health and social service systems that
work to help people avoid illness.
- Public health is very important and works to make the public more aware of
health risks and safety tips, from the prevention of epidemics to the
importance of healthy food, water, and sanitation.
Processes of restoring health Answer - - The medical care system takes charge
of restoring health when people are sick.
, - The goal is to limit the spread of a medical problem, alleviate the symptoms
of a medical problem, or help a person cope with the pain and suffering and
loss of function when major medical problems emerge.
Key stakeholders: employers Answer - - Most businesses offer employees
private health insurance
- Their role includes seeing a slowdown in their healthcare cost responsibility
as compared with the last 50 years. Employers want healthy employees who
are productive and won't take time off.
Key stakeholders: insurers Answer - - Insurance companies are intermediaries
among payers, providers, and consumers to determine the types of healthcare
covered by the employer's insurance plan.
- Their roles are to take financial risks and set rules to determine eligibility for
reimbursement and other rules to determine what payment is made.
- They must be able to negotiate rules.
Key stakeholders: public policy makers Answer - - This group, made of both
appointed public officials and elected politicians, set agendas.
- There are many different views within this group, with strong ideologies
creating conflict. This helps to manage extensive responsibilities and determine
proper roles, though.
- They typically believe that quality and patient experience should be important
concerns of health providers.
Which organization defines health as a "state of complete physical, mental, and
social 'well being' and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?" Answer
- The World Health Organization
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has increased the
health system's focus on which of the following? Answer - Prevention
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