Exam 1 Review Questions (HMGT
3301) And Answers
/.what percentage of people are covered by healthcare? - Answer-✅90%
/.what percentage of our GDP does healthcare represent - Answer-✅18%
/.how many people does the healthcare workforce employ? - Answer-✅16.4 million
/.how much of the $3 trillion dollars spent on healthcare is considered
fraud/waste/abuse of the system? - Answer-✅$1 trillion (1/3)
/.how much does the US spend on healthcare research? - Answer-✅$200 billion
/.what does the quad-function model incorporate? - Answer-✅financing, insurance,
delivery, payment
/.what is required to be eligible for Medicare? - Answer-✅at least 65 years old
/.who is Medicaid and CHIP for? - Answer-✅indigent, poor, children (based on NEED)
/.how many people are in Medicare? - Answer-✅50 million (15%)
/.how many people are in Medicaid? - Answer-✅about 75 million
/.what percentage do not have any health insurance? - Answer-✅10%
/.how many people turn 65 every day? - Answer-✅10,000
/.what was the main objective of the ACA? - Answer-✅reduce the number of uninsured
/.who was the first president to drive some changes in healthcare? - Answer-✅Truman
/.what is premium cost sharing? - Answer-✅employer's requirement that their
employees pay a portion of health insurance cost
/.what is a downside of a national health system? - Answer-✅quality is not reaching
high standards
, /.what is the primary means to ensuring access to healthcare? - Answer-✅health
insurance
/.what kind of market partially manages healthcare in the US? - Answer-✅free market
/.what is a moral hazard? - Answer-✅the idea that if you have insurance, you are
probably going to consume more healthcare
/.what is provider-induced demand? - Answer-✅artificial creation of demand by
providers that enables them to deliver unneeded services to boost their incomes
/.who are phantom providers? - Answer-✅practitioners who generally function in an
adjunct capacity; the patient does not receive direct services from them. *they bill for
their services separately*, and the patients often wonder why they have been billed
/.what is packaged pricing? - Answer-✅a bundled fee for a package of related services
/.what are the three parties of healthcare? - Answer-✅1. patient
2. provider
3. fiscal intermediary
/.what is balanced bill? - Answer-✅the practice in which the provider bills the patient for
the leftover sum after insurance has only partially paid the charge initially billed
/.what kind of medicine do practitioners engage in? - Answer-✅defensive medicine
/.what are the 9 elements that make up the continuum of care? - Answer-✅1.
preventative care2. primary care3. specialized care4. chronic care5. long term care6.
subacute care7. acute care8. rehabilitative care9. end-of-life care
/.what are the 4 determinants of health? - Answer-✅1. environment
2. behavior & lifestyle
3. heredity
4. medical care
/.what is the medical model of health? - Answer-✅absence of illness or disease
/.how much do we spend on healthcare per capita in the US? - Answer-✅$8,000-
$10,000
/.what is the holistic view of health? - Answer-✅well-being of every aspect of what
makes a person whole and complete
/.what are the 4 dimensions of holistic health? - Answer-✅1. Physical
3301) And Answers
/.what percentage of people are covered by healthcare? - Answer-✅90%
/.what percentage of our GDP does healthcare represent - Answer-✅18%
/.how many people does the healthcare workforce employ? - Answer-✅16.4 million
/.how much of the $3 trillion dollars spent on healthcare is considered
fraud/waste/abuse of the system? - Answer-✅$1 trillion (1/3)
/.how much does the US spend on healthcare research? - Answer-✅$200 billion
/.what does the quad-function model incorporate? - Answer-✅financing, insurance,
delivery, payment
/.what is required to be eligible for Medicare? - Answer-✅at least 65 years old
/.who is Medicaid and CHIP for? - Answer-✅indigent, poor, children (based on NEED)
/.how many people are in Medicare? - Answer-✅50 million (15%)
/.how many people are in Medicaid? - Answer-✅about 75 million
/.what percentage do not have any health insurance? - Answer-✅10%
/.how many people turn 65 every day? - Answer-✅10,000
/.what was the main objective of the ACA? - Answer-✅reduce the number of uninsured
/.who was the first president to drive some changes in healthcare? - Answer-✅Truman
/.what is premium cost sharing? - Answer-✅employer's requirement that their
employees pay a portion of health insurance cost
/.what is a downside of a national health system? - Answer-✅quality is not reaching
high standards
, /.what is the primary means to ensuring access to healthcare? - Answer-✅health
insurance
/.what kind of market partially manages healthcare in the US? - Answer-✅free market
/.what is a moral hazard? - Answer-✅the idea that if you have insurance, you are
probably going to consume more healthcare
/.what is provider-induced demand? - Answer-✅artificial creation of demand by
providers that enables them to deliver unneeded services to boost their incomes
/.who are phantom providers? - Answer-✅practitioners who generally function in an
adjunct capacity; the patient does not receive direct services from them. *they bill for
their services separately*, and the patients often wonder why they have been billed
/.what is packaged pricing? - Answer-✅a bundled fee for a package of related services
/.what are the three parties of healthcare? - Answer-✅1. patient
2. provider
3. fiscal intermediary
/.what is balanced bill? - Answer-✅the practice in which the provider bills the patient for
the leftover sum after insurance has only partially paid the charge initially billed
/.what kind of medicine do practitioners engage in? - Answer-✅defensive medicine
/.what are the 9 elements that make up the continuum of care? - Answer-✅1.
preventative care2. primary care3. specialized care4. chronic care5. long term care6.
subacute care7. acute care8. rehabilitative care9. end-of-life care
/.what are the 4 determinants of health? - Answer-✅1. environment
2. behavior & lifestyle
3. heredity
4. medical care
/.what is the medical model of health? - Answer-✅absence of illness or disease
/.how much do we spend on healthcare per capita in the US? - Answer-✅$8,000-
$10,000
/.what is the holistic view of health? - Answer-✅well-being of every aspect of what
makes a person whole and complete
/.what are the 4 dimensions of holistic health? - Answer-✅1. Physical
