Healthcare Management Exam_M1_semester2
1.define healthcare: quality services to all people when/where they need
it
2.what does healthcare require (5)?: 1. Financing mechanisms
2.Well-trained/adequately paid workforce
3.Reliable info to base decisions/policies
4.Well maintained facilities
5.Logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies
3.define health: state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease/infirmity
4.how does the physical environment affect one's health? give an example.-
: -exposure to toxins, unsafe conditions, injuries due to employment
EX: indoor air pollution like formaldehyde and radon exposure (--> leads
to lung cancer)
5.how does one's social environment affect health? give examples.:
lower socioeconomic status = more health risks
EX: CVD, diabetes, asthma, cancer, HIV/AIDS
6.what are the top 10 leading causes of death?: 1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Accidents
4.Chronic lower respiratory disease
5. Stroke
6.Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes
8. Flu/Pneumonia
9.Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
10.Intentional self-harm (suicide)
7.categories of healthcare - define primary and give examples: eliminates
risk factors for a disease
EX: use condoms, protect skin from UV light, dietary modifications
8.categories of healthcare - define secondary: early detection of
disease so treatment is more effective
9.categories of health care - define tertiary and give examples: focuses on
op- timum treatment of identified disease to reduce the incidence of
later complications
EX: rehabilitation and limitation of disability
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10.the central focus of healthcare is -: restore health or prevent
exacerbation of disease
-mainly focuses on secondary + tertiary
11.what are the 6 components of a healthcare system?: 1. Facilities
where healthcare is provided
2.Workforce that provides services
3.Supplies/ Therapeutics (medical products)
4.Leadership/ governance
5.Financing mechanisms (ex - Medicare, blue cross)
6.Information systems for performance eval
12.what are examples of:
-governmental health care
-private, nonprofit health care sectors
-private, for-profit health care sectors: -governmental health care: CDC
-private, nonprofit health care sectors: LECOM, Allegany healthcare
network, UPMC
-private, for-profit health care sectors: medical equipment sales,
pharmaceuticals
13.what is the general organizational structure/groups (3) in a
healthcare system?: 1. Healthcare payers
2.Healthcare providers
3.Healthcare policy makers
14.healthcare systems are evaluated by (3):: 1. Quality of healthcare
provided
2.Equity achieved in the provision of healthcare
3.Efficiency with which health care is provided
15.define primary care & give examples: what most people need most of
the time for illness (personal treatment + preventative measures)
EX: promotion of lifestyle change (exercise plan), immunization, prenata
care, periodic physicals
16.define secondary care & give examples: services available in
physicians' offices and community hospitals
EX: surgical procedures, diagnostic, treatment interventions using
specialists
17.define tertiary care & give examples: highly specialized diagnostic,
, Healthcare Management Exam_M1_semester2
therapeu- tic, and rehab services that require staff/equipment beyond
the average community
EX: open heart surgery, organ transplants, complex chemotherapy,
preservation of low birth-weight premature infants
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18.what are the 2 main types of US health care facilities?: inpatient and
outpa- tient
19.the most numerous inpatient care hospitals are what type?: acute
care community hospitals (nonfederal, short-term general or other
special hospital)
20.what are the 4 functional categories of US hospitals - Inpatient Care:
1. General
2. Special
3.Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease
4. Psychiatric
21.4 Principal types of control ownerships of US Hospitals - Inpatient Care:
1. Government/public nonfederal (state, local, county)
2.Government/public federal
3.Private, non-for profit
4.Private, for-profit
22.hospital classifications - what are the 2 types of medical condition based
classifications?: 1. Community Hospitals: nonfederal, short-term general
and spe- cial hospitals whose facilities/services are open to public
2. Special hospitals: obstetrics and gynecology, eye, ear, nose and
throat; rehabili- tation, orthopedic
23.hospital classifications - what are the 2 types of length of stay?: Short
term stay: < 30 days
Long term stay: > 30 days
24.how else can you classify hospitals?: type of medical condition
treated, num- ber of beds, control or ownership, short term or long
term, average daily consensus
25.define average length of stay:: Average length = number of
inpatient days/number of admissions
26.what is the average daily census?: Average number of people
served on an inpatient basis on a single day = number of inpatient
days/number of days in reporting period
27.who does the hospital classification?: American Hospital Association
(AHA): primary agency that counts and classifies hospitals in the US
28.how much % does hospitals account for spending of US health care?:
Hos- pitals account for LARGEST spending of US health care money
(33%)
29.trends for US hospitals:
1.define healthcare: quality services to all people when/where they need
it
2.what does healthcare require (5)?: 1. Financing mechanisms
2.Well-trained/adequately paid workforce
3.Reliable info to base decisions/policies
4.Well maintained facilities
5.Logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies
3.define health: state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease/infirmity
4.how does the physical environment affect one's health? give an example.-
: -exposure to toxins, unsafe conditions, injuries due to employment
EX: indoor air pollution like formaldehyde and radon exposure (--> leads
to lung cancer)
5.how does one's social environment affect health? give examples.:
lower socioeconomic status = more health risks
EX: CVD, diabetes, asthma, cancer, HIV/AIDS
6.what are the top 10 leading causes of death?: 1. Heart disease
2. Cancer
3. Accidents
4.Chronic lower respiratory disease
5. Stroke
6.Alzheimer's disease
7. Diabetes
8. Flu/Pneumonia
9.Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
10.Intentional self-harm (suicide)
7.categories of healthcare - define primary and give examples: eliminates
risk factors for a disease
EX: use condoms, protect skin from UV light, dietary modifications
8.categories of healthcare - define secondary: early detection of
disease so treatment is more effective
9.categories of health care - define tertiary and give examples: focuses on
op- timum treatment of identified disease to reduce the incidence of
later complications
EX: rehabilitation and limitation of disability
, Healthcare Management Exam_M1_semester2
10.the central focus of healthcare is -: restore health or prevent
exacerbation of disease
-mainly focuses on secondary + tertiary
11.what are the 6 components of a healthcare system?: 1. Facilities
where healthcare is provided
2.Workforce that provides services
3.Supplies/ Therapeutics (medical products)
4.Leadership/ governance
5.Financing mechanisms (ex - Medicare, blue cross)
6.Information systems for performance eval
12.what are examples of:
-governmental health care
-private, nonprofit health care sectors
-private, for-profit health care sectors: -governmental health care: CDC
-private, nonprofit health care sectors: LECOM, Allegany healthcare
network, UPMC
-private, for-profit health care sectors: medical equipment sales,
pharmaceuticals
13.what is the general organizational structure/groups (3) in a
healthcare system?: 1. Healthcare payers
2.Healthcare providers
3.Healthcare policy makers
14.healthcare systems are evaluated by (3):: 1. Quality of healthcare
provided
2.Equity achieved in the provision of healthcare
3.Efficiency with which health care is provided
15.define primary care & give examples: what most people need most of
the time for illness (personal treatment + preventative measures)
EX: promotion of lifestyle change (exercise plan), immunization, prenata
care, periodic physicals
16.define secondary care & give examples: services available in
physicians' offices and community hospitals
EX: surgical procedures, diagnostic, treatment interventions using
specialists
17.define tertiary care & give examples: highly specialized diagnostic,
, Healthcare Management Exam_M1_semester2
therapeu- tic, and rehab services that require staff/equipment beyond
the average community
EX: open heart surgery, organ transplants, complex chemotherapy,
preservation of low birth-weight premature infants
, Healthcare Management Exam_M1_semester2
18.what are the 2 main types of US health care facilities?: inpatient and
outpa- tient
19.the most numerous inpatient care hospitals are what type?: acute
care community hospitals (nonfederal, short-term general or other
special hospital)
20.what are the 4 functional categories of US hospitals - Inpatient Care:
1. General
2. Special
3.Rehabilitation and Chronic Disease
4. Psychiatric
21.4 Principal types of control ownerships of US Hospitals - Inpatient Care:
1. Government/public nonfederal (state, local, county)
2.Government/public federal
3.Private, non-for profit
4.Private, for-profit
22.hospital classifications - what are the 2 types of medical condition based
classifications?: 1. Community Hospitals: nonfederal, short-term general
and spe- cial hospitals whose facilities/services are open to public
2. Special hospitals: obstetrics and gynecology, eye, ear, nose and
throat; rehabili- tation, orthopedic
23.hospital classifications - what are the 2 types of length of stay?: Short
term stay: < 30 days
Long term stay: > 30 days
24.how else can you classify hospitals?: type of medical condition
treated, num- ber of beds, control or ownership, short term or long
term, average daily consensus
25.define average length of stay:: Average length = number of
inpatient days/number of admissions
26.what is the average daily census?: Average number of people
served on an inpatient basis on a single day = number of inpatient
days/number of days in reporting period
27.who does the hospital classification?: American Hospital Association
(AHA): primary agency that counts and classifies hospitals in the US
28.how much % does hospitals account for spending of US health care?:
Hos- pitals account for LARGEST spending of US health care money
(33%)
29.trends for US hospitals:
