HSM 543 TRAINING STUDY SHEET 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉About what portion of the spending on health in the United States
is sourced from government (public) funds? Answer: nearly 50
percent
◉Compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) countries, the United States Answer: spends
considerably more on health and healthcare.
◉The fundamental challenge to the US healthcare services delivery
system today is to increase value to the consumer by restraining cost
increases while becoming more effective in delivering care. Answer:
true
◉Healthcare disparities are best defined as Answer: differences in
variables such as access, insurance, coverage, and quality of services
received.
◉Public policies can be defined as Answer: authoritative decisions
made within government.
,◉Policies can take the forms of laws, rules, implementation
decisions, and judicial decisions. Answer: true
◉Primary responsibility for implementation of public laws rests
with which government branch? Answer: executive
◉Policies usually fall within one of two basic categories: Answer:
allocative or regulatory.
◉Structurally and operationally, the healthcare market works very
much like a perfectly competitive economic market. Answer: false
◉what is a bill Answer: legislation, law
◉A policy described as "allocative" Answer: seeks to distribute
goods and resources to one group at the expense of others.
◉The responsibility for promulgating rules and regulations falls
primarily to which government branch? Answer: executive
◉Environmental health policies are Answer: typically created in
response to a buildup of real-world evidence of environmental
health hazards.
, ◉Social factors, such as poverty or discrimination, can and do affect
health, but not as much as biological factors such as viruses and
carcinogens. Answer: false
◉Major factors in high healthcare spending in the United States
include which of the following? Answer: Technology and
prescription drugs
The rise in chronic diseases and administrative costs
◉Only the legislative branch of government makes health policy.
Answer: false
◉Health policies affect health through an intervening set of
variables called Answer: health determinants
◉In the United States, many of the poor obtain their health services
in a different manner than is typical of other income groups.
Answer: true
◉The United States may spend more on healthcare than any other
country in the world, but that cost is justified by the health
outcomes the United States achieves relative to other Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Answer:
false
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉About what portion of the spending on health in the United States
is sourced from government (public) funds? Answer: nearly 50
percent
◉Compared to other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) countries, the United States Answer: spends
considerably more on health and healthcare.
◉The fundamental challenge to the US healthcare services delivery
system today is to increase value to the consumer by restraining cost
increases while becoming more effective in delivering care. Answer:
true
◉Healthcare disparities are best defined as Answer: differences in
variables such as access, insurance, coverage, and quality of services
received.
◉Public policies can be defined as Answer: authoritative decisions
made within government.
,◉Policies can take the forms of laws, rules, implementation
decisions, and judicial decisions. Answer: true
◉Primary responsibility for implementation of public laws rests
with which government branch? Answer: executive
◉Policies usually fall within one of two basic categories: Answer:
allocative or regulatory.
◉Structurally and operationally, the healthcare market works very
much like a perfectly competitive economic market. Answer: false
◉what is a bill Answer: legislation, law
◉A policy described as "allocative" Answer: seeks to distribute
goods and resources to one group at the expense of others.
◉The responsibility for promulgating rules and regulations falls
primarily to which government branch? Answer: executive
◉Environmental health policies are Answer: typically created in
response to a buildup of real-world evidence of environmental
health hazards.
, ◉Social factors, such as poverty or discrimination, can and do affect
health, but not as much as biological factors such as viruses and
carcinogens. Answer: false
◉Major factors in high healthcare spending in the United States
include which of the following? Answer: Technology and
prescription drugs
The rise in chronic diseases and administrative costs
◉Only the legislative branch of government makes health policy.
Answer: false
◉Health policies affect health through an intervening set of
variables called Answer: health determinants
◉In the United States, many of the poor obtain their health services
in a different manner than is typical of other income groups.
Answer: true
◉The United States may spend more on healthcare than any other
country in the world, but that cost is justified by the health
outcomes the United States achieves relative to other Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Answer:
false
