VERSIONS 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (100%
CORRECT) A+ GRADED ASSURED
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are activities necessary for living independently in the
community.
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER: false
Compared to metropolitan and suburban areas, there is a(n) _____ of physicians in rural areas. -
CORRECT ANSWER: shortage
Demand-side rationing is the same thing as: - CORRECT ANSWER: price rationing
During the World War II period, health insurance became employer-based because of: -
CORRECT ANSWER: wage freezes.
During the World War II period, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that: - CORRECT ANSWER:
health insurance could be part of union-management negotiations.
Emergency departments, in most cases, are equipped to provide: - CORRECT ANSWER: both
secondary care services and tertiary care services.
Holistic health adds which element to the World Health Organization's definition of health? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Spiritual
How is case mix determined for an inpatient facility? - CORRECT ANSWER: A comprehensive
assessment of each patient is done.
,In the U.S. health care system, which of the following creates a separation between financing and
delivery? - CORRECT ANSWER: Insurance
In the United States, midwifery's role in the management of pregnancies has been _______,
compared to Europe. - CORRECT ANSWER: peripheral
Physician mal-distribution occurs by: - CORRECT ANSWER: both specialty and geography
Supply-side rationing is also referred to as: - CORRECT ANSWER: both non-price rationing
and planned rationing.
The ACA requires that employers provide health insurance to part-time workers if the employer
has 50+ full-time equivalent workers. true or false - CORRECT ANSWER: false
The main difference between Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) is:
- CORRECT ANSWER: CNSs work in hospitals, and NPs work mainly in primary care settings.
The ownership of Canada's health care system is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWER: a
combination of private and public
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was vehemently opposed by the AMA.
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER: false
The two broad goals of Healthy People 2010 are to eliminate health disparities and to improve
the quality of health care services.
True or False - CORRECT ANSWER: false
Under the DRG method of reimbursement, a psychiatric hospital is paid: - CORRECT
ANSWER: a per-diem rate based on psychiatric DRGs.
,Under the DRG method of reimbursement, an acute care hospital is paid: - CORRECT
ANSWER: a fixed amount for a particular DRG classification.
What is meant by the term "continuum of health care services"? - CORRECT ANSWER: A range
of health care services that go beyond what hospitals and physicians provide
what is the main function of the National Institutes of Health? - CORRECT ANSWER: Conduct
and support biomedical research
What is the major objective of the Affordable Care Act? - CORRECT ANSWER: to provide
insurance coverage
What is the meaning of the term "access"? - CORRECT ANSWER: Ability to get health care
when needed
What was the main consequence of early proprietary medical schools, as opposed to state-
sponsored schools, in the preindustrial era? - CORRECT ANSWER: Many physicians do not
serve Medicaid patients.
What was the main reason for initiating national health care in countries such as Germany and
England? - CORRECT ANSWER: Ward off political instability
Which of the following countries uses financial incentives to encourage registration with primary
care practices? - CORRECT ANSWER: France
Which of the following is not a type of prospective reimbursement methodology? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Cost-plus
Which of the following is one reason that a multiple-payer system is more cumbersome than a
single-payer system? - CORRECT ANSWER: Some health care services are covered for people
in the north, but not in the south.
, A population-based registry: - CORRECT ANSWER: Includes information from more than one
facility in a particular geopolitical area, such as a state or region.
A record is considered a primary data source when it: - CORRECT ANSWER: Contains
information about the patient that has been documented by the professionals who provided care
to the patient.
Cancer registries receive approval as part of the facility cancer program from which of the
following agencies? - CORRECT ANSWER: American Colege of Surgeons
Case finding is a method used to: - CORRECT ANSWER: Identify patients who have been seen
or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition for inclusion in a registry.
Critique this statement: Case definition for trauma registries is determined by individual
facilities. - CORRECT ANSWER: This is a true statement.
Critique this statement: Interrater reliability depends on the consistency of data collections
activities among abstractors. - CORRECT ANSWER: This is a true statement.
Critique this statement: The Medicare Provider Analysis and Review File is made up of patient
demographic data collected by acute care and skilled nursing facilities. - CORRECT ANSWER:
MEDPAR is actually made up of claims data that does include demographic data.
In a cancer registry, the accession number: - CORRECT ANSWER: is the number assigned to
each case as it is entered into a cancer registry
Review of disease indexes, pathology reports, radiation therapy reports is part of which function
in the cancer registry? - CORRECT ANSWER: Case-finding
Secondary data sources consist of: - CORRECT ANSWER: All answers are correct.
(Healthcare databases)