Guide (Exam 1, Midterm, Final) Questions With Complete
Solutions
3 Public health enemies & prevalence in the US Correct
Answers -Tobacco Use
-Obesity
-Physical Inactivity
3 Types of Nudging & examples of each Correct Answers -
Economic Nudges: Sin taxes, Employee health benefit plans,
Social benefit plans.
-Educational Nudges: Leverage opinion leaders and/or
influential settings to promote health through education
programs.
-Environmental Nudges: Building walking paths, smoke free
workplaces, and employee wellness programs.
4 types of prevention, examples of each, and their overarching
role in healthcare delivery Correct Answers -Primary
Prevention
-Secondary Prevention
-Tertiary Prevention
-Quaternary Prevention
Access Correct Answers How obtainable it is for someone to
apply for healthcare
,According to the article, "Statutory health insurance in
Germany: a health system shaped by 135 years of solidarity,
self-governance, and competition," what is the primary focus of
healthcare reform in Germany today? Correct Answers Quality
Improvement
According to the article, "What Can the US and England Learn
from Each Other's Health Care Reforms?," which of the
following are common goals for both countries? Correct
Answers -Managing healthcare costs
-Better integrating health services
-Improving population health
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (your reading
material this week) what race/ethnic group is at the highest risk
of being uninsured? Correct Answers Hispanic
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, what estimated
percentage of the population will people of color compromise in
the year 2050? Correct Answers 54%
Aneurin Bevan Correct Answers -The Minister of Health and an
Elected Official.
-Shared in Beveridge's vision.
-Official Founder of the NHS when it was passes into law in
July, 1948.
-Had to make many compromises, especially with specialists.
-Belief, "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have
to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalized, but a
misfortune, the cost of which should be shared by the
community".
,Approximately, what portion of the US population still smokes
tobacco? Correct Answers 1/5
Aspects of the US healthcare system that is represented in the
Beveridge Model are... Correct Answers VA/Tricare: covers
active active military, families, & veterans
Aspects of the US healthcare system that is represented in the
Bismarck Model are... Correct Answers Average Worker
Aspects of the US healthcare system that is represented in the
National Health Insurance Model are... Correct Answers
Medicare
Aspects of the US healthcare system that is represented in the
Out-of-Pocket Model are... Correct Answers Uninsured
Population
Attitudes/Beliefs Correct Answers Focus on the ways that
people evaluate and think about issues
Beveridge Model Correct Answers Socialized Medicine-
Medical and hospital services that are provided by a government
and paid for by taxes.
Bismarck Model Correct Answers Medical and hospital
services are provided through both private and public services
and paid for through sickness funds.
, Bundled Payment (DRG) Incentive Correct Answers Incentive:
Discharge appropriately
Bundled Payments (DRG) Correct Answers Hospitals are
reimbursed with a fixed feed regardless of the actual costs.
Includes hospital expenses only. ACA required 30 day
readmission penalty.
Can healthcare disparities be compounded? In other words, does
your risk increase if you qualify for more than one risk factor?
Correct Answers Yes, patient's who qualify for more than one
risk factor would be at an exponentially greater risk for health
and/or healthcare disparities.
Capitation Correct Answers -A payment model where hospitals
and/or providers are paid on a per member, per month,
regardless of the number of services provided.
-This payment model provides the least financial risk for payers
and the most financial risk for providers
Capitation Incentive Correct Answers Incentive: Keep the
patient healthy and living their daily lives in their own home, out
of hospitals, freedom to provide non-traditional healthcare
services.
Centralized Correct Answers Used to describe when healthcare
is structured, organized and delivered at the federal level (single
authority)
In other words...