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HS 380 Final Exam Questions and Correct
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awareness
Ans: least intensive
education
Ans: middle
intervention/program
Ans: most intensive
reasons to justify your program
Ans: securing a budget
gain management support
ways to justify your program
Ans: -Link program to overall mission or objectives of the
organization
-Balance tangible outcomes with more subjective ones (morale,
image)
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-Build program into overall heath cost containment efforts of
the company
-Encourage management to invest savings from program back
into more initiatives
calculating preventable claims
Ans: 1. determine average claims (divide total health claims
from your company by the number of employees)
2. determine % of employees with risk factors
3. calculate costs per risk factor (more costs for those with more
risk factors)
4. calculate excess medical claims (potential preventable claims
equals any excess costs - costs above that of persons with 0 risk
factors)
5. compare to a healthy benchmarks company (4 years)
Lifestyle related factors are associated with medical costs.
Ans: true
Which of the following health risks is associated with the highest
health care costs?
Ans: depression
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___________ - response is the term used to describe the change in
effect on an organism caused by different levels of exposure to a
stressor after a certain exposure time.
Ans: dose
An ROI of $2.33 is better than an ROI of $1.50 because it means the
program is successfully saving the company money.
Ans: true
According to the data provided from the Wellsource Inc example, the
largest majority of the study sample typically has how many high
health risks?
Ans: 2-3 High risks
The preventable claims calculator is a tool that helps estimate
potential savings from medical claims that companies could accrue by
running a worksite health promotion program for their employees to
improve their health related behaviors.
Ans: true
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A company that has high risk status employees will have low potential
and realistic preventable claims values.
Ans: false
fixed costs
Ans: expenses that dont change based on number of
participants
-speakers, reference books/posters, room/equipment rental, or
items purchase in anticipation of max participation
variable costs
Ans: costs that must be estimated because number of
participants is unknown
-HRA, educational materials, incentives and rewards, food and
beverage
awareness budget
Ans: 100% participation
20-50% allocation of resources
low intensity/complexity
reaches large number of people
little effort of participants
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HS 380 Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
awareness
Ans: least intensive
education
Ans: middle
intervention/program
Ans: most intensive
reasons to justify your program
Ans: securing a budget
gain management support
ways to justify your program
Ans: -Link program to overall mission or objectives of the
organization
-Balance tangible outcomes with more subjective ones (morale,
image)
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-Build program into overall heath cost containment efforts of
the company
-Encourage management to invest savings from program back
into more initiatives
calculating preventable claims
Ans: 1. determine average claims (divide total health claims
from your company by the number of employees)
2. determine % of employees with risk factors
3. calculate costs per risk factor (more costs for those with more
risk factors)
4. calculate excess medical claims (potential preventable claims
equals any excess costs - costs above that of persons with 0 risk
factors)
5. compare to a healthy benchmarks company (4 years)
Lifestyle related factors are associated with medical costs.
Ans: true
Which of the following health risks is associated with the highest
health care costs?
Ans: depression
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___________ - response is the term used to describe the change in
effect on an organism caused by different levels of exposure to a
stressor after a certain exposure time.
Ans: dose
An ROI of $2.33 is better than an ROI of $1.50 because it means the
program is successfully saving the company money.
Ans: true
According to the data provided from the Wellsource Inc example, the
largest majority of the study sample typically has how many high
health risks?
Ans: 2-3 High risks
The preventable claims calculator is a tool that helps estimate
potential savings from medical claims that companies could accrue by
running a worksite health promotion program for their employees to
improve their health related behaviors.
Ans: true
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A company that has high risk status employees will have low potential
and realistic preventable claims values.
Ans: false
fixed costs
Ans: expenses that dont change based on number of
participants
-speakers, reference books/posters, room/equipment rental, or
items purchase in anticipation of max participation
variable costs
Ans: costs that must be estimated because number of
participants is unknown
-HRA, educational materials, incentives and rewards, food and
beverage
awareness budget
Ans: 100% participation
20-50% allocation of resources
low intensity/complexity
reaches large number of people
little effort of participants
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