HLTH 2030 EXAM 1 CLEMSON QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
Health Care/Services Delivery - ANSWER processes that enable people to receive
health care; provision of health care services to patients
Medical Care vs. Public Health - ANSWER Medical care is focused on disease
management and preventative care
Medical visits, patient education,
Focused on the individual
Biological cause of disease and the development of treatments
Focuses on treatment of disease and recovery of health
Public health focuses on community health
Target community groups like schools, workplaces, and faith based establishments
Focuses on population
Focuses on (1) identifying environmental, social , behavioral, and emerging factors
free market - ANSWER Multiple patients(buyers) and providers(sellers) act
independently
Patients should be able to choose their providers based on quality and price
Free market requires that patients have information about the availability of various
services.
in a free market, patients must: - ANSWER Directly bear the cost of services received
Make decisions about the purchase of health care services
Your GP has to approve you to see a specialist
Subsystems of US Health Care Delivery - ANSWER Managed care
, Military
Vulnerable populations
Integrated delivery
Long-Term delivery
Public health
Managed Care (Managing Costs) - ANSWER Seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating
the basic functions of healthcare delivery; employs mechanisms to control (manage)
utilization of medical services; determines the price at which the services are
purchased and how much the providers get paid; MOST DOMINANT HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY SYSTEM IN U.S.
Military Medical Care System - ANSWER Available free of charge to: Active duty
personnel of all branches, certain uniformed nonmilitary services such as public health
services and NOAA; well organized, highly integrated, comprehensive, covers
preventative care
Tricare (Military) - ANSWER financed by the military and covers families, dependents or
retired military;
VA Health System - ANSWER retired vets; focuses on hospital, mental health and long
term care; one of oldest (1946) organized health systems in the world; department of
defense; organized into 21 geographically distributed veterans integrated service
networks
Vulnerable Populations - ANSWER live in disadvantaged communities and receive care
from "safety net" providers; providers pressured to see the rising number of uninsured;
medicaid
Integrated Delivery (IDS) - ANSWER network of organizations that provides or arranges
to provide a coordinated continuum of services to defined populations held clinically
and fiscally accountable for outcomes and health status; objective: to have one health
care organization deliver a range of services;
ANSWERS RATED A+
Health Care/Services Delivery - ANSWER processes that enable people to receive
health care; provision of health care services to patients
Medical Care vs. Public Health - ANSWER Medical care is focused on disease
management and preventative care
Medical visits, patient education,
Focused on the individual
Biological cause of disease and the development of treatments
Focuses on treatment of disease and recovery of health
Public health focuses on community health
Target community groups like schools, workplaces, and faith based establishments
Focuses on population
Focuses on (1) identifying environmental, social , behavioral, and emerging factors
free market - ANSWER Multiple patients(buyers) and providers(sellers) act
independently
Patients should be able to choose their providers based on quality and price
Free market requires that patients have information about the availability of various
services.
in a free market, patients must: - ANSWER Directly bear the cost of services received
Make decisions about the purchase of health care services
Your GP has to approve you to see a specialist
Subsystems of US Health Care Delivery - ANSWER Managed care
, Military
Vulnerable populations
Integrated delivery
Long-Term delivery
Public health
Managed Care (Managing Costs) - ANSWER Seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating
the basic functions of healthcare delivery; employs mechanisms to control (manage)
utilization of medical services; determines the price at which the services are
purchased and how much the providers get paid; MOST DOMINANT HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY SYSTEM IN U.S.
Military Medical Care System - ANSWER Available free of charge to: Active duty
personnel of all branches, certain uniformed nonmilitary services such as public health
services and NOAA; well organized, highly integrated, comprehensive, covers
preventative care
Tricare (Military) - ANSWER financed by the military and covers families, dependents or
retired military;
VA Health System - ANSWER retired vets; focuses on hospital, mental health and long
term care; one of oldest (1946) organized health systems in the world; department of
defense; organized into 21 geographically distributed veterans integrated service
networks
Vulnerable Populations - ANSWER live in disadvantaged communities and receive care
from "safety net" providers; providers pressured to see the rising number of uninsured;
medicaid
Integrated Delivery (IDS) - ANSWER network of organizations that provides or arranges
to provide a coordinated continuum of services to defined populations held clinically
and fiscally accountable for outcomes and health status; objective: to have one health
care organization deliver a range of services;
