USP 143 Health Care System Questions With Complete
Solutions
"Entitlements" - Correct Answers A federal program or
provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of
government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law.
Biomedical Model Correct Answers "faith that every illeness
has a discrete, ultimately knowable cause and that 'magic bullets'
can be crafted to eradicate these sources of disease"
"I can fix this disease if I know enough about physiology and if I
do enough things"
Blue Cross Correct Answers pre-pay service for hospital
Blue Shield Correct Answers Was created to allow people to
"pre-pay" services by doctors, who were not employed by
hospitals and had to paid separately
Consistent primary care access is limited to what percent of CA
Residents Correct Answers 44.8%
Consumer Good Correct Answers Goods that directly satify
human wants
Consumer Good: Excludability Correct Answers There are
mechanisms - including physical access barriers and price
barriers - to prevent consumption of the good
, Consumer Good: Rivalrous Correct Answers My consumption
of the good reduces the amount available to you, unless there is
an increase in supply
Definition of Global Budget Correct Answers A fixed amount
of funding for fixed period of time for a specified population.
Definition of Government Correct Answers Government, from
the Latin word gubernare - means steer a ship/vessel - describes
the governing authority in charge of running a state.
Definition of government loss: Correct Answers The diff
between what it costs to a hospital to treat a Medicare or
Medicaid patient and what the government has determined it
will pay for the treatment
Definition of Health Equity Correct Answers Refers to
individuals achieving their highest level of health through the
elimination of disparities in health and health care.
Definition of Health Spending Correct Answers Health
spending includes everything from bandaids to knee
replacement
Definition of Scope of practice Correct Answers Refers to those
activities that a person licensed to practice as a h professional is
permitted to perform which is determined by statutes enacted by
state legislatures and rules adpoted by an appropriate licensing
entity
Solutions
"Entitlements" - Correct Answers A federal program or
provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of
government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law.
Biomedical Model Correct Answers "faith that every illeness
has a discrete, ultimately knowable cause and that 'magic bullets'
can be crafted to eradicate these sources of disease"
"I can fix this disease if I know enough about physiology and if I
do enough things"
Blue Cross Correct Answers pre-pay service for hospital
Blue Shield Correct Answers Was created to allow people to
"pre-pay" services by doctors, who were not employed by
hospitals and had to paid separately
Consistent primary care access is limited to what percent of CA
Residents Correct Answers 44.8%
Consumer Good Correct Answers Goods that directly satify
human wants
Consumer Good: Excludability Correct Answers There are
mechanisms - including physical access barriers and price
barriers - to prevent consumption of the good
, Consumer Good: Rivalrous Correct Answers My consumption
of the good reduces the amount available to you, unless there is
an increase in supply
Definition of Global Budget Correct Answers A fixed amount
of funding for fixed period of time for a specified population.
Definition of Government Correct Answers Government, from
the Latin word gubernare - means steer a ship/vessel - describes
the governing authority in charge of running a state.
Definition of government loss: Correct Answers The diff
between what it costs to a hospital to treat a Medicare or
Medicaid patient and what the government has determined it
will pay for the treatment
Definition of Health Equity Correct Answers Refers to
individuals achieving their highest level of health through the
elimination of disparities in health and health care.
Definition of Health Spending Correct Answers Health
spending includes everything from bandaids to knee
replacement
Definition of Scope of practice Correct Answers Refers to those
activities that a person licensed to practice as a h professional is
permitted to perform which is determined by statutes enacted by
state legislatures and rules adpoted by an appropriate licensing
entity
