HMGT 3301 PRACTICE SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉Discuss the main ways in which current delivery of health care has
become corporatized.. Answer: Corporatization: Growth and
consolidation of large business corporations/organizations
Managed care has emerged as dominant force and primary vehicle
for insuring and
delivering health care (demand side empowerment)
Larger, integrated health care organizations (supply side
empowerment)
o expansion of alternative settings (outpatient surgery, home health
care, long-
term care, specialized rehabilitation) to make up for losses in acute
inpatient
sector
o Physicians becoming employees of large clinics, hospitals, and
other medical
corporations
◉In the context of globalization in health services, what main
economic activities are discussed in
,this chapter?. Answer: 1) Advanced telecommunication in
telemedicine cross border transfer of info
2) Medical tourism- travel abroad to receive elective, nonemergency
medical care
3) Foreign direct investment in health services enterprises-
providing medical equipment,
supplies and services in another country
4) Immigration of health professionals- to countries with higher
demands for their services and
better economic conditions
5) US Corporations expanding operations overseas- health plans for
expatriates
6) Medical care delivery by US providers is in demand overseas
◉What were the two main aspects of the Supreme court's ruling in
lawsuits filed against the ACA?. Answer: 1) majority of ACA
provisions- including the individual mandate- are constitutional
under
Congress's power to tax
2) Federal government could not coerce states to expand their state
Medicaid programs by
threatening to eliminate funding for the existing Medicaid programs
in states tht choose not to
expand Medicaid coverage-- -- expansion became a state by state
choice
,◉1. What is the role of health risk appraisal in health promotion and
disease prevention?. Answer: a. It is the evaluation of risk factors
and their health consequences for individuals. Only when the risks
factors and their health consequences are known can interventions
be developed to help individuals
adopt healthier lifestyles.
◉2. Health promotion and disease prevention may require both
behavioral modification and therapeutic
intervention. Discuss.. Answer: a. Behavior can be modified through
educational programs and incentives directed at a specific high-risk
populations.
b. Therapeutic interventions fall into 3 categories:
i. Primary prevention—activities undertaken to reduce the
probability that a disease will develop
in the future
ii. Secondary prevention—early detection and treatment of disease,
main objective is to block the
progression of a disease or an injury from developing into an
impairment or disability
iii. Tertiary prevention—interventions that could prevent
complications from chronic
, conditions and prevent further illness, injury, or disability
◉3. Discuss the definitions of health presented in this chapter in
terms of their implications for the health care
delivery system.. Answer: a. Health has been defined as the absence
of illness or disease and the implication is that the health care
delivery system emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of disease
rather that prevention of disease.
◉4. What are the main objectives of public health?. Answer: a. The
main objectives are to promote optimum health for society as a
whole and to protect the health and safety of populations from a
variety of old and new threats.
◉5. Discuss the significance of an individual's quality of life from the
health care delivery perspective.. Answer: a. Specific life domains,
such as comfort of factors, respect, privacy, security, degree of
independence, decision-making autonomy, and attention to personal
preferences, are significant to most people. These factors are now
regarded as rights that patients can demand during any type of
heath care encounter.
◉6. What "preparedness"-related measures have been taken to cope
with potential natural and man-made
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉Discuss the main ways in which current delivery of health care has
become corporatized.. Answer: Corporatization: Growth and
consolidation of large business corporations/organizations
Managed care has emerged as dominant force and primary vehicle
for insuring and
delivering health care (demand side empowerment)
Larger, integrated health care organizations (supply side
empowerment)
o expansion of alternative settings (outpatient surgery, home health
care, long-
term care, specialized rehabilitation) to make up for losses in acute
inpatient
sector
o Physicians becoming employees of large clinics, hospitals, and
other medical
corporations
◉In the context of globalization in health services, what main
economic activities are discussed in
,this chapter?. Answer: 1) Advanced telecommunication in
telemedicine cross border transfer of info
2) Medical tourism- travel abroad to receive elective, nonemergency
medical care
3) Foreign direct investment in health services enterprises-
providing medical equipment,
supplies and services in another country
4) Immigration of health professionals- to countries with higher
demands for their services and
better economic conditions
5) US Corporations expanding operations overseas- health plans for
expatriates
6) Medical care delivery by US providers is in demand overseas
◉What were the two main aspects of the Supreme court's ruling in
lawsuits filed against the ACA?. Answer: 1) majority of ACA
provisions- including the individual mandate- are constitutional
under
Congress's power to tax
2) Federal government could not coerce states to expand their state
Medicaid programs by
threatening to eliminate funding for the existing Medicaid programs
in states tht choose not to
expand Medicaid coverage-- -- expansion became a state by state
choice
,◉1. What is the role of health risk appraisal in health promotion and
disease prevention?. Answer: a. It is the evaluation of risk factors
and their health consequences for individuals. Only when the risks
factors and their health consequences are known can interventions
be developed to help individuals
adopt healthier lifestyles.
◉2. Health promotion and disease prevention may require both
behavioral modification and therapeutic
intervention. Discuss.. Answer: a. Behavior can be modified through
educational programs and incentives directed at a specific high-risk
populations.
b. Therapeutic interventions fall into 3 categories:
i. Primary prevention—activities undertaken to reduce the
probability that a disease will develop
in the future
ii. Secondary prevention—early detection and treatment of disease,
main objective is to block the
progression of a disease or an injury from developing into an
impairment or disability
iii. Tertiary prevention—interventions that could prevent
complications from chronic
, conditions and prevent further illness, injury, or disability
◉3. Discuss the definitions of health presented in this chapter in
terms of their implications for the health care
delivery system.. Answer: a. Health has been defined as the absence
of illness or disease and the implication is that the health care
delivery system emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of disease
rather that prevention of disease.
◉4. What are the main objectives of public health?. Answer: a. The
main objectives are to promote optimum health for society as a
whole and to protect the health and safety of populations from a
variety of old and new threats.
◉5. Discuss the significance of an individual's quality of life from the
health care delivery perspective.. Answer: a. Specific life domains,
such as comfort of factors, respect, privacy, security, degree of
independence, decision-making autonomy, and attention to personal
preferences, are significant to most people. These factors are now
regarded as rights that patients can demand during any type of
heath care encounter.
◉6. What "preparedness"-related measures have been taken to cope
with potential natural and man-made
