MHA 707 test 1 CORRECT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
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The Importance of good health care in America: - ANSWER - altruistic oriented set of providers and activities + huge industry + profitability
- 20% of our GDP is devoted to medical care and health promotion (value)
- 11% of all US jobs are in the health sector
- sizable share of our income is s...
MHA 707 test 1 CORRECT QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS (GRADED A+)
The Importance of good health care in America: - ANSWER - altruistic oriented set of providers and
activities + huge industry + profitability
- 20% of our GDP is devoted to medical care and health promotion (value)
- 11% of all US jobs are in the health sector
- sizable share of our income is spent on the health care we need
Characteristics of US health system - ANSWER - not ordered or organized as a single enterprise
- actors and organizations often work independently
- little coordination between players
- system continues to evolve haphazardly
health maintenance - ANSWER - clear difference between health "maintenance" and "restoring"
health
- medical care systems care for people even if restoring health is impossible
fee for service - ANSWER a system under which doctors and hospitals receive a payment for each
service they provide
health care delivery - ANSWER 1. the importance of organizations in delivering care
2. the role of professionals in running our system
3. the emergence of new medical technology, smartphones, big data, new pharma.
4. tension between free market and government control
5. a dysfunctional payment system
,customer friendly - ANSWER the health system could do much more to improve the experience of
patients receiving care
1. improving quality
access to health care - ANSWER not always ensured. many rural areas have shortages of doctors and
other providers and many doctors refuse to see patients with certain types of insurance because of
low payment rates
2. improving access and coverage
Major Issues and Concerns - ANSWER 3. slowing growth of health care expenditures
4. encouraging healthy behavior
5. improving the public health system
6. addressing inequalities in access
stakeholder - ANSWER set of people who have a strong interest in how something in our society is
done.
1. consumers
2. providers
3. employers
4. insurers
5. public policy makers
workforce - ANSWER motivated principally by the social goal of keeping people healthy
consumer stakeholder - ANSWER - should be at the center of the health system
- sometimes bystanders in decisions affecting their own health and payment issues
- WANT access to quality and affordable health care for self and family
providers stakeholders - ANSWER - work to advance medical knowledge
- motivated by the social goal to keep everyone healthy
- face financial pressures to prevent health care costs from increasing
- WANT fair opportunities to earn incomes that reflect their expertise and workload
, employers stakeholders - ANSWER - most offer insurance as a benefit
- WANT healthy employees who are productive and who do not have to take time off because of
illness
- WANT a slowdown in their health care cost and responsibility shifted to eomployees
insurer stakeholders - ANSWER - act of intermediary among payers, providers, and consumers to
determine that kinds of health care covered by employer's insurance plan
- changing payment approaches could compete with traditional insurance companies (direct
contracting)
- WANT to protect their role in the health sector
- WANT to share more risk with providers/patients
public policy makers stakeholders - ANSWER - included appointed officials and elected politicians
- differ in views about how the health system should work
- WANT slower inflation rates in the health sector
- WANT high quality care and better patient experience
- WANT state-of-the-art medical care and interventions
continuum of care - ANSWER encompasses care from the cradle to the grave
community health - ANSWER focuses on collaboration among a wide array of organizations to
address issues that impact the health of a community
(public health departments, social services, health care delivery org.)
emergency care - ANSWER designed to provide immediate care for sudden, serious illness or injury,
although it is sometimes utilized for nonemergent care by individuals who are uninsured
ambulatory care - ANSWER health care settings located in areas that are convenient for people to
walk into and receive care; may be provided in hospitals, clinics, or centers
population health - ANSWER - focuses on health status indicators for a defined group of people
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