SOLUTIONS
What is nudging? - Answer- Health interventions that make the healthy choice, the
default choice
Match the following types of prevention with their proper definition:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary - Answer- Primary- Prevention efforts designed to keep individuals and
populations from becoming at risk for illness/injury.
Secondary-Prevention efforts designed to keep individuals and populations at higher
risk from developing illness/injury.
Tertiary-Prevention efforts designed to keep individuals and populations from having
acute episodes related to the poor management of condition.
Quaternary-Prevention efforts designed to ensure patients are not exposed to additional
harm when seeking medical care, particularly in hospitals.
Match the following with the type of prevention it exemplifies:
Immunizations
Mammograms
Monitoring medication adherence for a patient with diabetes
Avoiding hospital-acquired infections for a patient undergoing heart surgery - Answer-
Immunizations-Primary
Mammograms-Secondary
Monitoring medication adherence for a patient with diabetes-Tertiary
Avoiding hospital-acquired infections for a patient undergoing heart surgery-Quaternary
The Return on Investment (ROI) is faster when focusing on which types of prevention?
(Hint: there are two correct answers) - Answer- Quaternary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
With respect to Population Health Management, which best defines an Integrated
Healthcare System? - Answer- One where the payer and provider are part of the same
entity.
Singapore was able to effectively implement Population Health Management strategies
when it merged its 6 RHS databases into 1. - Answer- True
, Which of the following statements regarding primary health care is NOT true:
Primary health care does not contribute to the overall social and economic development
of the community
Primary healthcare constitutes the first element of a continuing healthcare process
Primary health care is the first level of contact for individuals, families, and communities
within the national health system
Primary healthcare forms an integral part of a low income country's health system -
Answer- Primary health care does not contribute to the overall social and economic
development of the community
Community health workers perform the following services within a healthcare system:
Act as bridge between community and the formal health services
Case management and care
Health promotion activities
Outpatient or outreach services - Answer- Act as bridge between community and the
formal health services
Case management and care
Health promotion activities
Outpatient or outreach services
n which of the following World Health Organization (WHO) region, the out-of-pocket
share of health spending is the highest?
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Regional office for south-East Asia
Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Regional office for Africa - Answer- Regional office for south-East Asia
Excessive out-of-pocket expenditures create unequal burden to all households
irrespective of their income level. - Answer- True
Catastrophic spending is when out-of-pocket expenditure exceeds certain predefined
thresholds. The thresholds is____of total household expenditure.
25%
50%
35%
10% - Answer- 25%
The largest share of out-of-pocket spending in India goes to:
Provider consultations
Non-medical costs
Medicines
Diagnostic tests - Answer- Medicines
Which of the following statements regarding universal health care coverage (UHC) is
NOT true: