Health Care Management – Exam 4 2026 – Study Guide and Practice Questions
Health Care Industry Stakeholders - correct answer ✔✔ The public
Employers
Health care facilities and practitioners
Federal, state, and local governments(pay for healthcare)
Managed care organizations
Private insurers(pay for healthcare)
Voluntary facilities
Health care practitioner training institutions
Professional organizations
Medical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical, and other health care companies
Who are these people in regards to the health care system?
cost of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The amount individuals, employers, state and federal
governments, managed care organizations, and other insurers spend on health care in the
United States. Looked at as a percentage of GDP.
access of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The availability of health care and the means to
purchase health care services
quality of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The degree of excellence of health care services
offered. This has gone up in the U.S.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - correct answer ✔✔ Lead federal
agency responsible for tracking and improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for Americans.
, USA (more than 13% of GDP is from healthcare spending, specifically 17.7%) - correct answer
✔✔ Which country(ies) spend the most on health care?
Gross Domestic Product - correct answer ✔✔ The total value of goods produced and services
provided in a country during one year
21% - correct answer ✔✔ The approximate percentage of state and local budgets that is
devoted to health care spending?
Rational Drug Design - correct answer ✔✔ Using computers to develop new drugs by looking at
molecular structure and chemical composition of target cells. Examples: Chemotherapy that will
only kill the cancerous cells or drugs that break down the way that viruses replicate in the body,
so that they can't use our proteins and hijack our dna and rna to make viral particles
Pharmacogenomics - correct answer ✔✔ The science that defines how individuals are
genetically programmed to respond to drugs.
Genometrics - correct answer ✔✔ The science of determining how genes cause the expression
of certain traits in individuals, like high blood pressure
Epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔ The study of changes in gene activity that do not involve
alterations to the genetic code but are still passed down to at least one successive generation.
Example: Smokers can pass on things to their children
embryonic - correct answer ✔✔ Barriers to Stem Cell use and research: Still controversial when
___________ stem cells are used
Personalized Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ The products and services that leverage the science
of genomics and proteomics (study of the proteins associated with one's genome) and
Health Care Industry Stakeholders - correct answer ✔✔ The public
Employers
Health care facilities and practitioners
Federal, state, and local governments(pay for healthcare)
Managed care organizations
Private insurers(pay for healthcare)
Voluntary facilities
Health care practitioner training institutions
Professional organizations
Medical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical, and other health care companies
Who are these people in regards to the health care system?
cost of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The amount individuals, employers, state and federal
governments, managed care organizations, and other insurers spend on health care in the
United States. Looked at as a percentage of GDP.
access of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The availability of health care and the means to
purchase health care services
quality of health care - correct answer ✔✔ The degree of excellence of health care services
offered. This has gone up in the U.S.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - correct answer ✔✔ Lead federal
agency responsible for tracking and improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of
health care for Americans.
, USA (more than 13% of GDP is from healthcare spending, specifically 17.7%) - correct answer
✔✔ Which country(ies) spend the most on health care?
Gross Domestic Product - correct answer ✔✔ The total value of goods produced and services
provided in a country during one year
21% - correct answer ✔✔ The approximate percentage of state and local budgets that is
devoted to health care spending?
Rational Drug Design - correct answer ✔✔ Using computers to develop new drugs by looking at
molecular structure and chemical composition of target cells. Examples: Chemotherapy that will
only kill the cancerous cells or drugs that break down the way that viruses replicate in the body,
so that they can't use our proteins and hijack our dna and rna to make viral particles
Pharmacogenomics - correct answer ✔✔ The science that defines how individuals are
genetically programmed to respond to drugs.
Genometrics - correct answer ✔✔ The science of determining how genes cause the expression
of certain traits in individuals, like high blood pressure
Epigenetics - correct answer ✔✔ The study of changes in gene activity that do not involve
alterations to the genetic code but are still passed down to at least one successive generation.
Example: Smokers can pass on things to their children
embryonic - correct answer ✔✔ Barriers to Stem Cell use and research: Still controversial when
___________ stem cells are used
Personalized Medicine - correct answer ✔✔ The products and services that leverage the science
of genomics and proteomics (study of the proteins associated with one's genome) and
