HSA – Test 1, Health Services Administration Course, Study Guide and
Foundational Concepts Review
The most significant change in health care in the United States in the past five years is - correct
answer ✔✔the number of individuals who have access to health care with the implementation
of the ACA.
According to the WHO, the best "vaccine" against common diseases is - correct answer ✔✔an
adequate diet.
Another critical issue that needs to be addressed is - correct answer ✔✔is the inefficiencies and
disparities in the current system. Comparisons with other countries and across states show large
variations in spending without commensurate differences in health outcomes.
The down side to improved health care and longevity is - correct answer ✔✔one-third of the
population over age 65 has multiple chronic conditions.
Medicaid is - correct answer ✔✔U.S. government program financed by federal, state, and local
funds of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income
limits.
Since the dawn of recorded history (and undoubtedly before), human beings have suffered
sudden and devastating epidemics and diseases. During the second half of the 19th century in
the United States, the most critical health problems were - correct answer ✔✔related to
contaminated food and water, inadequate housing, and sewage disposal.
By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of - correct
answer ✔✔improving environmental conditions.
, In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will - correct answer
✔✔require personal assistance from family and paid caregivers and health services from a
variety of health professionals.
The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) - correct answer ✔✔was established in 2001 to
support 1,200 free clinics in nearly all states within the United States.
The passage of the Social Security Act of 1965 created the Medicare and Medicaid programs
that - correct answer ✔✔Medicare : 65 or older
Medicaid: indigent (poor)
Hospitals emerged from - correct answer ✔✔Almshouse, institutions that care for the poor who
were chronically ill or disabled.
HHS is responsible for - correct answer ✔✔Medicare, Medicaid, public health, biomedical
research, food and drug safety, disease control and prevention, Indian health, and mental health
services.
The most common reasons cited by patients for using free clinics are - correct answer ✔✔the
high cost of insurance premiums, the high cost of medications and a lack of providers.
Groups that are served by the clinic are - correct answer ✔✔immigrants, veterans, the
homeless, and members of the lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender (LBGT) community
The hospital is - correct answer ✔✔key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
A private hospital is - correct answer ✔✔owned and operated by groups such as churches,
businesses, corporations, and physicians.
Foundational Concepts Review
The most significant change in health care in the United States in the past five years is - correct
answer ✔✔the number of individuals who have access to health care with the implementation
of the ACA.
According to the WHO, the best "vaccine" against common diseases is - correct answer ✔✔an
adequate diet.
Another critical issue that needs to be addressed is - correct answer ✔✔is the inefficiencies and
disparities in the current system. Comparisons with other countries and across states show large
variations in spending without commensurate differences in health outcomes.
The down side to improved health care and longevity is - correct answer ✔✔one-third of the
population over age 65 has multiple chronic conditions.
Medicaid is - correct answer ✔✔U.S. government program financed by federal, state, and local
funds of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income
limits.
Since the dawn of recorded history (and undoubtedly before), human beings have suffered
sudden and devastating epidemics and diseases. During the second half of the 19th century in
the United States, the most critical health problems were - correct answer ✔✔related to
contaminated food and water, inadequate housing, and sewage disposal.
By 1900, infectious disease epidemics had been brought under control as a result of - correct
answer ✔✔improving environmental conditions.
, In the future, physical and cognitive decline associated with aging will - correct answer
✔✔require personal assistance from family and paid caregivers and health services from a
variety of health professionals.
The National Association of Free Clinics (NAFC) - correct answer ✔✔was established in 2001 to
support 1,200 free clinics in nearly all states within the United States.
The passage of the Social Security Act of 1965 created the Medicare and Medicaid programs
that - correct answer ✔✔Medicare : 65 or older
Medicaid: indigent (poor)
Hospitals emerged from - correct answer ✔✔Almshouse, institutions that care for the poor who
were chronically ill or disabled.
HHS is responsible for - correct answer ✔✔Medicare, Medicaid, public health, biomedical
research, food and drug safety, disease control and prevention, Indian health, and mental health
services.
The most common reasons cited by patients for using free clinics are - correct answer ✔✔the
high cost of insurance premiums, the high cost of medications and a lack of providers.
Groups that are served by the clinic are - correct answer ✔✔immigrants, veterans, the
homeless, and members of the lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender (LBGT) community
The hospital is - correct answer ✔✔key resource and center of the U.S. healthcare system.
A private hospital is - correct answer ✔✔owned and operated by groups such as churches,
businesses, corporations, and physicians.
