HSA 408 Ch. 1-7 Midterm Exam Study guide
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__________ are created by the executive branch administrative agencies to implement
statutes and clarify their ambiguities. - CORRECT ANSWER: -regulations.
______________ more than a law that concerns only health insurance; it is set of
reforms that touch on healthcare quality, public health practice, healthcare fraud and
abuse, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Medicaid. (Pg. 119).
_______________ technically, is an umbrella term that refers to a small group of
constitutional interpretation theories, all of which share a common belief that
constitutional provisions have a fixed meaning? - CORRECT ANSWER: -Originalism.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Access to the opportunity to learn and work. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Education &
Employment.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Access to the opportunity to work. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Legal status.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Availability of resources to meet daily basic needs. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Income.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Expose to violence. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Personal and Family Stability.
,________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Healthy Physical Environments. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Housing & Utilities.
________________ refers to a percentage of service costs that patients pay when they
receive services or drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER: -co-insurance.
_________________ can be used to structure direct responses to health-harming social
needs that results from things like impoverishment, illness, market failure, & individual
behavior that harms others. - CORRECT ANSWER: -the law.
_________________ includes obtaining data that define the health of the overall
population and specific groups within the population, including defining the nature of
new and persisting health problems. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Assessment.
__________________ domain houses some of the most explosive questions in health
policy, including the moral and legality of abortion. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Bioethics
__________________ represents the only true universal legal right to health care. -
CORRECT ANSWER: -Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
(Pg. 118).
____________________ includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility
for ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care
and public health, are in place even though the implementation will often be performed
by others. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Assurance.
_____________________ includes developing evidence-based recommendations and
other analyses of options, such as health policy analysis, to guide implementation,
including efforts to educate and mobilize community partnerships. - CORRECT
ANSWER: -Policy Development.
,A __________ is an amount the insured person pays out-of-pocket before the insurance
plan assists with the costs of healthcare services. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Deductible.
A public policy problem goes beyond the individual sphere and affects the greater
community, whereas an individual might decide to what ______________________. -
CORRECT ANSWER: to take advantage of employer-sponsored health insurance.
-a public policy question is whether all employers should be required to offer health
insurance to their employees whereas an individual might decided to purchase a
generic drug to save money.
-focus is not only on who is making a decision but also on what kind of decision is being
made.
As a result of the focus on preventing terrorism, which agency includes an Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response? - CORRECT ANSWER: -Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Blue Cross established its first hospital insurance plan at __________ in 1929 by
agreeing to provide 1,500 teachers with 21 days of hospital care per year at a price of
$6 per person. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Baylor University.
Choices made by policymakers and decisions handed down through the judicial system
influence how we what? - CORRECT ANSWER: -approach, experience analyze and
research all of these and other specific aspects of the healthcare system.
Define law. - CORRECT ANSWER: -think of ___________ not just as words on a page,
but as the many interacting parts that are involved in drafting those words in the first
place, and in bringing them to life once they have been enacted.
-considered as a system that entails regularly interacting and independent parts and
subparts coming together to form a functional, unified whole.
Define Policy. (defined in many different ways) - CORRECT ANSWER: -authoritative
decisions made in the legislative, executive or judicial branches of government that are
intended to direct or influence the actions, behaviors and decisions of others.
, -a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, party, statesman, or other
individual or organization.
-authoritative decisions and guidelines that direct human behavior toward specific goals
either in the private or the public sector.
Define Social Determinants of Health (SDH). - CORRECT ANSWER: -social conditions
into which people are born & that affect their daily lives & overall well-being as they
move through life.
-World Health Organization (WHO): defines it as: "the conditions in which people are
born, grow, live, work & age".
-Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) defines it as, "shaped by the
distribution of money, power & resources at both local & national levels".
Describe Common law/case law. - CORRECT ANSWER: essay-like opinions written by
appellate courts articulating the bases for their decisions in individual cases- that courts
carry out this responsibility.
-judge-made law or decisional law.
-central to legal systems in many countries, particularly those that were territories or
colonies of England, which is how the U.S. came to rely on this as part of its legal
system.
-premised on the traditions/customs of society, the idea being that courts could
continuously, interpret and apply law in such a way as to march the values of a society
undergoing constant evolution.
Describe Constitutions. - CORRECT ANSWER: -is a charter that both establishes a
government and delineates fundamental rights and obligations of that government and
of individuals who fall within the territory covered by _________________.
Describe determinants of health. - CORRECT ANSWER: -according to the CDC,
determinants of health are "factors" that contribute to a person's current state of health".
-Biologic factors: genetic mutation that could increase chances of developing a disease
(sickle cell anemia).
Latest Update 2025-2026 Exam 200 Questions
with 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed
A+
__________ are created by the executive branch administrative agencies to implement
statutes and clarify their ambiguities. - CORRECT ANSWER: -regulations.
______________ more than a law that concerns only health insurance; it is set of
reforms that touch on healthcare quality, public health practice, healthcare fraud and
abuse, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Medicaid. (Pg. 119).
_______________ technically, is an umbrella term that refers to a small group of
constitutional interpretation theories, all of which share a common belief that
constitutional provisions have a fixed meaning? - CORRECT ANSWER: -Originalism.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Access to the opportunity to learn and work. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Education &
Employment.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Access to the opportunity to work. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Legal status.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Availability of resources to meet daily basic needs. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Income.
________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Expose to violence. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Personal and Family Stability.
,________________ I-HELP issue matches the common Social Determinant of Health--
Healthy Physical Environments. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Housing & Utilities.
________________ refers to a percentage of service costs that patients pay when they
receive services or drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER: -co-insurance.
_________________ can be used to structure direct responses to health-harming social
needs that results from things like impoverishment, illness, market failure, & individual
behavior that harms others. - CORRECT ANSWER: -the law.
_________________ includes obtaining data that define the health of the overall
population and specific groups within the population, including defining the nature of
new and persisting health problems. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Assessment.
__________________ domain houses some of the most explosive questions in health
policy, including the moral and legality of abortion. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Bioethics
__________________ represents the only true universal legal right to health care. -
CORRECT ANSWER: -Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
(Pg. 118).
____________________ includes governmental public health's oversight responsibility
for ensuring that key components of an effective health system, including health care
and public health, are in place even though the implementation will often be performed
by others. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Assurance.
_____________________ includes developing evidence-based recommendations and
other analyses of options, such as health policy analysis, to guide implementation,
including efforts to educate and mobilize community partnerships. - CORRECT
ANSWER: -Policy Development.
,A __________ is an amount the insured person pays out-of-pocket before the insurance
plan assists with the costs of healthcare services. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Deductible.
A public policy problem goes beyond the individual sphere and affects the greater
community, whereas an individual might decide to what ______________________. -
CORRECT ANSWER: to take advantage of employer-sponsored health insurance.
-a public policy question is whether all employers should be required to offer health
insurance to their employees whereas an individual might decided to purchase a
generic drug to save money.
-focus is not only on who is making a decision but also on what kind of decision is being
made.
As a result of the focus on preventing terrorism, which agency includes an Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response? - CORRECT ANSWER: -Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Blue Cross established its first hospital insurance plan at __________ in 1929 by
agreeing to provide 1,500 teachers with 21 days of hospital care per year at a price of
$6 per person. - CORRECT ANSWER: -Baylor University.
Choices made by policymakers and decisions handed down through the judicial system
influence how we what? - CORRECT ANSWER: -approach, experience analyze and
research all of these and other specific aspects of the healthcare system.
Define law. - CORRECT ANSWER: -think of ___________ not just as words on a page,
but as the many interacting parts that are involved in drafting those words in the first
place, and in bringing them to life once they have been enacted.
-considered as a system that entails regularly interacting and independent parts and
subparts coming together to form a functional, unified whole.
Define Policy. (defined in many different ways) - CORRECT ANSWER: -authoritative
decisions made in the legislative, executive or judicial branches of government that are
intended to direct or influence the actions, behaviors and decisions of others.
, -a course of action adopted and pursued by a government, party, statesman, or other
individual or organization.
-authoritative decisions and guidelines that direct human behavior toward specific goals
either in the private or the public sector.
Define Social Determinants of Health (SDH). - CORRECT ANSWER: -social conditions
into which people are born & that affect their daily lives & overall well-being as they
move through life.
-World Health Organization (WHO): defines it as: "the conditions in which people are
born, grow, live, work & age".
-Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) defines it as, "shaped by the
distribution of money, power & resources at both local & national levels".
Describe Common law/case law. - CORRECT ANSWER: essay-like opinions written by
appellate courts articulating the bases for their decisions in individual cases- that courts
carry out this responsibility.
-judge-made law or decisional law.
-central to legal systems in many countries, particularly those that were territories or
colonies of England, which is how the U.S. came to rely on this as part of its legal
system.
-premised on the traditions/customs of society, the idea being that courts could
continuously, interpret and apply law in such a way as to march the values of a society
undergoing constant evolution.
Describe Constitutions. - CORRECT ANSWER: -is a charter that both establishes a
government and delineates fundamental rights and obligations of that government and
of individuals who fall within the territory covered by _________________.
Describe determinants of health. - CORRECT ANSWER: -according to the CDC,
determinants of health are "factors" that contribute to a person's current state of health".
-Biologic factors: genetic mutation that could increase chances of developing a disease
(sickle cell anemia).
