Health Administration Midterm Exam with Solutions

Health - A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Four major components contributing to health status: - -Heredity or genetics -Environment -Lifestyle -Delivery of health care services Environmental Components - Environment affects health status through daily interaction -Physical-Air and water quality -Social- Social institutions and government regulations -Economic- wealth of nation, money for research, or personal wealth The Health Care System - Organization of delivery of health care services, refers to the complex set or arrangements in our society that mediate between the human being and our vulnerability to disease. The three goals of a health care system are: - 1. To treat the sick 2. Prevent disease 3. Set goals for maintenance and promotion of health Less than ___ of health care dollars are spent on preventive care - 3% The "Iron Triangle" of Health Care - Access: the ability to use health care services Cost: the price of health care services Quality: how good or bad the health care services are at the time of delivery The Iron Triangle - Changes in funding or infrastructure in one vector of the triangle will produce changes in the other sectors. -Operates like a balloon. Pressure on one side of the balloon forces the other sides to expand Most U.S health care dollars are spent on treatment of ____ and _____ diseases. - Acute and Chronic Our health care system is an illness-driven system of _____ - Medicine There are two types of health care services - Personal Community (population-based) Personal health care services - Focus on the provider and patient relationship -ex. Is delivered when patients visit their family doctor Community-, or population based health care - Health care services are provided to prevent disease for large groups of people living together in a community, city, or county. -ex. Sanitation strategies such as developing proper sewage and waste disposal mechanism, ensuring water quality and air quality, requiring childhood vaccinations, and offering screening programs. Local or state public health departments provide most of these services Health education and prevention focuses on... - Changing attitudes and behaviors to prevent or lessen the impact of disease.