HPEX 300 Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
4 major sectors of health care - Answers 1) traditional medicine and medical education
2) hospital system development
3) public health
4) health insurance
GDP - Answers total monetary value of all goods and services a country produces in its economy in a
given year
primary prevention - Answers avoids the development of a disease, costs the least, most fundamental
-smoking cessation programs, immunization programs, educational programs
secondary prevention - Answers early diagnosis and detection
-screening programs (BP test), colonoscopies, mammograms
tertiary prevention - Answers reduces impact of an already established disease by minimizing disease-
related complications; goal is to restore patient to highest possible level of function
____ of health insurance coverage is through an employer plan. - Answers 60%
social regulations - Answers rules and regulations that protect consumers
Code of Virginia - Answers state regulations
Iron Triangle - Answers cost containment, access, quality
full name of Affordable Care Act - Answers Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
____ of adults use nontraditional medicine - Answers 40%
stakeholders - Answers interested entities that participate in the industry
most important stakeholder - Answers consumer
OECD - Answers 34 nations combine data to make comparisons
rates used to assess health of nation - Answers life expectancy and infant mortality
In 2014, the U.S. spent ____ of its GDP on healthcare - Answers 17.5%
average life expectancy - Answers 80.5 years
highest life expectancies - Answers Spain and Switzerland (above 80)
, lowest life expectancies - Answers Mexico (under 75)
average life expectancy in U.S. - Answers 78.8 years
-Women: 81.1 years
-Men: 77.8 years
alms houses - Answers take care of society's outcasts
pest houses - Answers specifically designed to isolate people with contagious diseases; housed
merchant seamen with STDs
Social Security Act of 1935 - Answers social reform; country took on burden of citizens who could not
provide for themselves; eligible for benefits at age 65
Medicaid - Answers Title 19; 1965; for the poor
Medicare - Answers Title 18; 1965; for the elderly
-largest public coverage programs
-$600 million in expenditures
Department of Health and Human Services - Answers -started as Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare
-has 11 divisions
3 DHHS divisions not part of Public Health Service - Answers 1) Administration for Children & Family
2) Administration for Community Living
3) Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
CDC - Answers primary health watchdog; main goal is public health; also involved in foreign countries
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answers -over 20 offices
-provides policy, funding, and oversight
-as part of ACA, Innovation Center was established to test payment models
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Answers -governs workplace environment
-safety standards for laboratories
Surgeon General - Answers -U.S. chief health educator
-appointed by President
4 major sectors of health care - Answers 1) traditional medicine and medical education
2) hospital system development
3) public health
4) health insurance
GDP - Answers total monetary value of all goods and services a country produces in its economy in a
given year
primary prevention - Answers avoids the development of a disease, costs the least, most fundamental
-smoking cessation programs, immunization programs, educational programs
secondary prevention - Answers early diagnosis and detection
-screening programs (BP test), colonoscopies, mammograms
tertiary prevention - Answers reduces impact of an already established disease by minimizing disease-
related complications; goal is to restore patient to highest possible level of function
____ of health insurance coverage is through an employer plan. - Answers 60%
social regulations - Answers rules and regulations that protect consumers
Code of Virginia - Answers state regulations
Iron Triangle - Answers cost containment, access, quality
full name of Affordable Care Act - Answers Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
____ of adults use nontraditional medicine - Answers 40%
stakeholders - Answers interested entities that participate in the industry
most important stakeholder - Answers consumer
OECD - Answers 34 nations combine data to make comparisons
rates used to assess health of nation - Answers life expectancy and infant mortality
In 2014, the U.S. spent ____ of its GDP on healthcare - Answers 17.5%
average life expectancy - Answers 80.5 years
highest life expectancies - Answers Spain and Switzerland (above 80)
, lowest life expectancies - Answers Mexico (under 75)
average life expectancy in U.S. - Answers 78.8 years
-Women: 81.1 years
-Men: 77.8 years
alms houses - Answers take care of society's outcasts
pest houses - Answers specifically designed to isolate people with contagious diseases; housed
merchant seamen with STDs
Social Security Act of 1935 - Answers social reform; country took on burden of citizens who could not
provide for themselves; eligible for benefits at age 65
Medicaid - Answers Title 19; 1965; for the poor
Medicare - Answers Title 18; 1965; for the elderly
-largest public coverage programs
-$600 million in expenditures
Department of Health and Human Services - Answers -started as Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare
-has 11 divisions
3 DHHS divisions not part of Public Health Service - Answers 1) Administration for Children & Family
2) Administration for Community Living
3) Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
CDC - Answers primary health watchdog; main goal is public health; also involved in foreign countries
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answers -over 20 offices
-provides policy, funding, and oversight
-as part of ACA, Innovation Center was established to test payment models
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Answers -governs workplace environment
-safety standards for laboratories
Surgeon General - Answers -U.S. chief health educator
-appointed by President
