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Delivering Health Care in America: 6th Edition
by Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
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, Table of content
Chapter 1 An Overview of US Health Care Delivery
Part I: Systems Foundations
Chapter 2 Beliefs, Values, and Health
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States
Part II: System Resources
Chapter 4 Health Services Professionals
Chapter 5 Medical Technology
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Chapter 6 Health Services Financing
Part III: System Processes
Chapter 7 Outpatient and Primary Care Services
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Chapter 8 Inpatient Facilities and Services
Chapter 9 Managed Care and Integrated Organizations
Chapter 10 Long-Term Care
Chapter 11 Health Services for Special Populations
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Part IV: System Outcomes
Chapter 12 Cost, Access, and Quality
Chapter 13 Health Policy
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Part V: System Outlook
Chapter 14 The Future of Health Services Delivery
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, Chapter 1: A Distinctive System of Health Care Delivery
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except:
a. Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services
b. Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective
c. Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
d. Delivering healthcare services that meet established standards of quality
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2. The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as:
a. Expensive
b. Fragmented
c. Market-oriented
d. All of the above
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3. For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is:
a. Employer-based
b. Financed by the government
c. Privately purchased
d. None of the above
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4. What is the major objective of the Affordable Care Act?
a. to reduce cost
b. to provide insurance coverage
c. to enhance quality
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d. to simplify administration
5. Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly
b. Low-income
c. Children
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d. Disabled
6. Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly
b. Low-income
c. Children
d. Disabled
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7. The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except:
a. Improving quality
b. Achieving efficiencies
c. Setting prices at which providers are paid
d. Controlling patients’ utilization of services
, 8. Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services
demanded and the price of medical services is:
a. Unknown
b. Equal
c. Direct
d. Inverse
9. The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:
a. Regulator
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b. Major financer
c. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter
d. All of the above
10. Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)?
a. Japan
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b. Great Britain
c. Australia
d. Germany
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of a national health insurance system?
a. The government finances health care through general taxes
b. Health care is delivered by private providers
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c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
12. Which of the following is a characteristic of a socialized health insurance system?
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a. Health care is financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and
employees
b. Health care is delivered by government-employed providers
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
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13. In 1984, Australia switched:
a. From the Medicare program to a universal national health care program
b. From a universal national health care program to a privately financed system
c. From a privately financed system to the Medicare program
d. None of the above
14. A free market in healthcare requires:
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a. Adequate information for patients
b. Independent actions between buyers (patients) and sellers (providers)
c. Unencumbered interaction of the forces of supply and demand
d. All of the above
15. A multiple payer system is more cumbersome than a single payer system for all of the
following reasons except:
Delivering Health Care in America: 6th Edition
by Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh
LU
XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, Table of content
Chapter 1 An Overview of US Health Care Delivery
Part I: Systems Foundations
Chapter 2 Beliefs, Values, and Health
Chapter 3 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States
Part II: System Resources
Chapter 4 Health Services Professionals
Chapter 5 Medical Technology
LU
Chapter 6 Health Services Financing
Part III: System Processes
Chapter 7 Outpatient and Primary Care Services
XE
Chapter 8 Inpatient Facilities and Services
Chapter 9 Managed Care and Integrated Organizations
Chapter 10 Long-Term Care
Chapter 11 Health Services for Special Populations
LI
Part IV: System Outcomes
Chapter 12 Cost, Access, and Quality
Chapter 13 Health Policy
BR
Part V: System Outlook
Chapter 14 The Future of Health Services Delivery
AR
Y
, Chapter 1: A Distinctive System of Health Care Delivery
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following except:
a. Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services
b. Delivering healthcare services that are cost-effective
c. Delivering healthcare services using the most current technology, regardless of cost
d. Delivering healthcare services that meet established standards of quality
LU
2. The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as:
a. Expensive
b. Fragmented
c. Market-oriented
d. All of the above
XE
3. For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is:
a. Employer-based
b. Financed by the government
c. Privately purchased
d. None of the above
LI
4. What is the major objective of the Affordable Care Act?
a. to reduce cost
b. to provide insurance coverage
c. to enhance quality
BR
d. to simplify administration
5. Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly
b. Low-income
c. Children
AR
d. Disabled
6. Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:
a. Elderly
b. Low-income
c. Children
d. Disabled
Y
7. The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except:
a. Improving quality
b. Achieving efficiencies
c. Setting prices at which providers are paid
d. Controlling patients’ utilization of services
, 8. Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services
demanded and the price of medical services is:
a. Unknown
b. Equal
c. Direct
d. Inverse
9. The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:
a. Regulator
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b. Major financer
c. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rate-setter
d. All of the above
10. Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)?
a. Japan
XE
b. Great Britain
c. Australia
d. Germany
11. Which of the following is a characteristic of a national health insurance system?
a. The government finances health care through general taxes
b. Health care is delivered by private providers
LI
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
12. Which of the following is a characteristic of a socialized health insurance system?
BR
a. Health care is financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and
employees
b. Health care is delivered by government-employed providers
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
AR
13. In 1984, Australia switched:
a. From the Medicare program to a universal national health care program
b. From a universal national health care program to a privately financed system
c. From a privately financed system to the Medicare program
d. None of the above
14. A free market in healthcare requires:
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a. Adequate information for patients
b. Independent actions between buyers (patients) and sellers (providers)
c. Unencumbered interaction of the forces of supply and demand
d. All of the above
15. A multiple payer system is more cumbersome than a single payer system for all of the
following reasons except:
