HSC4624 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS
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What is the definition of tertiary care? - ANS Specialized consultative care, usually on a
referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center
that has personnel for special investigation and treatment
Following development, this trend changes from a pattern of high fertility and high mortality to
a pattern of low fertility and low mortality over time - ANS Demographic transition
Despite important progress in improving human health globally, in 2013 - ANS A.289,000
women were estimated to have died of maternity-related causes.
B.There were over 6 million under 5 child deaths.
C.Over half a million people died of malaria.
D.All of the options are true. THE CORRECT ANSWER
What is the "single best predictor" of the birth weight of a baby? - ANS The level of
educational attainment of the mother
Stewardship is... - ANS The wide range of functions carried out by government as they seek
to achieve national health policy objectives.
What did the government want to ensure happened in the Millennium Villages program? -
ANS No free handouts
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Prevent climate of dependency
Program could be replicated
All of the choices.THE CORRECT ANSWER
According to The World Health Report 2000, __________ ranked the best in overall health
system performance, while _________ ranked lowest. - ANS France; Zambia
Children in Thailand rarely die, and when they do, 50% of them die from what? - ANS injury
At the core of ideas about health systems in low- and middle-income is the notion of
_________ - ANS Primary health care
Which of the following is NOT a reason for failure of health as a universal right -
ANS Integrated community care misses the big picture
The following are differentiation factors between the approaches of Public Health and
Medicine, EXCEPT - ANS Concentration
Why is the house call program controversial? - ANS poor workers are paid to deliver care
All of the following are critical global health concepts EXCEPT... - ANS The organization of
communities
Which is NOT a goal of health systems? - ANS Effective governance
Maternal Mortality Ratio is the number of women who die as a result of pregnancy and child
birth complications per __________ live births in a given year - ANS varies according to local
authorities or policies