Health Services Final Exam || with Exact Answers.
What occupations are within the health sector? correct answers Health service providers & health
management workers
What are examples of health service providers? correct answers Professionals- Drs, nurses
Associates- lab techs
What are examples of health management workers? correct answers Professionals- accountant in
hospital
Associates- administration
Support staff - health coaches, drivers
Craft and trade workers- hospital painters
What is Africa's density of total health workers/1000 people? correct answers 2.3
What is Americas density of total health workers/1000 people? correct answers 24.8
Countries with the _(highest or lowest)___ relative need have the __(highest or lowest)__
number of health care workers correct answers lowest, highest or highest, lowest
The Americas have what percent of global burden of disease? correct answers 10%
The Americas have what percent of the worlds health workers? correct answers 37%
The Americas spend what percent of the worlds financial resources for health? correct answers
50%
Africa has what percent of global burden of disease? correct answers 24%
Africa has what percent of the worlds health workers? correct answers 3%
Africa spends what percent of the worlds financial resources for health? correct answers >1%
Why is there a shortage of physicians? correct answers ACA increased health insurance and not
enough to care for everyone, increase aging population with chronic diseases, residency caps
have not really increased
Between 2002 and 2012 residencies have only increased by ____% correct answers 8%
Health Resources and Services Administration predicts that by 2025 there will be a shortage of
between ____________ and _______ physicians correct answers 124,000 and 160,000
Why is there a shortage of nurses? correct answers It is a stressful and strenuous job so nurses
tend to retire early or transfer to different occupation; not enough faculty to accept a lot of
applicants; not enough clinical space
, What have been the trends of nurse supply and demand? correct answers Supply has remained
constant while demand has steadily increased
What did the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 (H.R.2267) propose? correct
answers the number of residency slots would increase by 3,000 each fiscal year from 2019 to
2023 for a total of 15,000 new slots
*1/3 of new slots available to teaching hospitals already 10 residents above the cap
What did the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 do? correct answers It imposed caps on number of
residents hospitals can have and are eligible to receive medicaid reimbursement for direct
graduate medical education and indirect medical education
set caps because funds are not unlimited
What are the top 4 recipients of the new slots from H.R.2267? correct answers *1. Hospitals in
states with new medical schools*
2. Hospitals in training partnerships with VA medical centers
3. Hospitals that emphasize training in community based settings or hospital outpatient depts
4.Non-rural hospitals with training programs in rural areas
What was legislation S.1301? correct answers proposed by Nelson, Schumer, and Heller; same
exact thing as H.R.2267 except added that a hospital may not receive more than 75 slots per
fiscal year unless approved by HHS
How are slots distributed under S.1301? correct answers *1. Hospitals in states with new medical
schools*
*2. Hospitals already training residents above their cap*
3. Hospitals in training with partnerships with VA med centers
4. Hospitals that emphasize training in community based settings or hospital outpatient depts
5. Non-rural hospitals with training programs in rural areas
What are the strategies for the Human Resource and Services Administrations to meet their goal
of strengthening the health care workforce? correct answers 1. advance competencies, education,
and skills of workers
2. increase the diversity and distribution of the workforce like placing in more rural areas; also
recruitment and retainment plans
3. Enhance focus on workforce assessment and analysis to follow trends on needs and be
proactive instead of reactive
What was the "major award" announced by HHS in October 2018? correct answers $293 million
dollars is being given to National Health Service Corps and Nurse corps programs to provide
scholarships and loan repayments to health care providers in return of them working in rural
areas with limited access to care
What occupations are within the health sector? correct answers Health service providers & health
management workers
What are examples of health service providers? correct answers Professionals- Drs, nurses
Associates- lab techs
What are examples of health management workers? correct answers Professionals- accountant in
hospital
Associates- administration
Support staff - health coaches, drivers
Craft and trade workers- hospital painters
What is Africa's density of total health workers/1000 people? correct answers 2.3
What is Americas density of total health workers/1000 people? correct answers 24.8
Countries with the _(highest or lowest)___ relative need have the __(highest or lowest)__
number of health care workers correct answers lowest, highest or highest, lowest
The Americas have what percent of global burden of disease? correct answers 10%
The Americas have what percent of the worlds health workers? correct answers 37%
The Americas spend what percent of the worlds financial resources for health? correct answers
50%
Africa has what percent of global burden of disease? correct answers 24%
Africa has what percent of the worlds health workers? correct answers 3%
Africa spends what percent of the worlds financial resources for health? correct answers >1%
Why is there a shortage of physicians? correct answers ACA increased health insurance and not
enough to care for everyone, increase aging population with chronic diseases, residency caps
have not really increased
Between 2002 and 2012 residencies have only increased by ____% correct answers 8%
Health Resources and Services Administration predicts that by 2025 there will be a shortage of
between ____________ and _______ physicians correct answers 124,000 and 160,000
Why is there a shortage of nurses? correct answers It is a stressful and strenuous job so nurses
tend to retire early or transfer to different occupation; not enough faculty to accept a lot of
applicants; not enough clinical space
, What have been the trends of nurse supply and demand? correct answers Supply has remained
constant while demand has steadily increased
What did the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 (H.R.2267) propose? correct
answers the number of residency slots would increase by 3,000 each fiscal year from 2019 to
2023 for a total of 15,000 new slots
*1/3 of new slots available to teaching hospitals already 10 residents above the cap
What did the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 do? correct answers It imposed caps on number of
residents hospitals can have and are eligible to receive medicaid reimbursement for direct
graduate medical education and indirect medical education
set caps because funds are not unlimited
What are the top 4 recipients of the new slots from H.R.2267? correct answers *1. Hospitals in
states with new medical schools*
2. Hospitals in training partnerships with VA medical centers
3. Hospitals that emphasize training in community based settings or hospital outpatient depts
4.Non-rural hospitals with training programs in rural areas
What was legislation S.1301? correct answers proposed by Nelson, Schumer, and Heller; same
exact thing as H.R.2267 except added that a hospital may not receive more than 75 slots per
fiscal year unless approved by HHS
How are slots distributed under S.1301? correct answers *1. Hospitals in states with new medical
schools*
*2. Hospitals already training residents above their cap*
3. Hospitals in training with partnerships with VA med centers
4. Hospitals that emphasize training in community based settings or hospital outpatient depts
5. Non-rural hospitals with training programs in rural areas
What are the strategies for the Human Resource and Services Administrations to meet their goal
of strengthening the health care workforce? correct answers 1. advance competencies, education,
and skills of workers
2. increase the diversity and distribution of the workforce like placing in more rural areas; also
recruitment and retainment plans
3. Enhance focus on workforce assessment and analysis to follow trends on needs and be
proactive instead of reactive
What was the "major award" announced by HHS in October 2018? correct answers $293 million
dollars is being given to National Health Service Corps and Nurse corps programs to provide
scholarships and loan repayments to health care providers in return of them working in rural
areas with limited access to care
