USP 143 (UCSD Final) questions with
correct answers
Single Payer System - correct answer ✔✔Medicaid and private insurance are eliminated in their
current form and are melded into a single insurance program that resembles Medicare-type
program for all Americans
Hybrid model (of national insurance) - correct answer ✔✔Government-financed insurance for
the elderly and poor. Employer-mandated insurance for the employed and their dependents.
Individual-Mandated private insurance for people without employment
socialized medicine - correct answer ✔✔system of publicly administered national health care.
Ranges from programs in government run hospitals and health orgs to programs in which there
is national universe health care.
regionalized model of care - correct answer ✔✔the organization and coordination of all health
resources and services within a defined area. Different types of personnel facilities are assigned
to distinct tiers in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels and the flow of patients across
levels occurs in orderly regulated fashion
Individual mandate - correct answer ✔✔the government requires individuals to purchase
private health insurance, with subsidies for low-income people otherwise will pay tax penalty
Weak individual mandate - correct answer ✔✔mandate in which people may be exempt on
various conditions
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - correct answer ✔✔Seeks to enhance the clinical
performance of all systems of care, not just the outliers with flagrantly poor quality of care.
correct answers
Single Payer System - correct answer ✔✔Medicaid and private insurance are eliminated in their
current form and are melded into a single insurance program that resembles Medicare-type
program for all Americans
Hybrid model (of national insurance) - correct answer ✔✔Government-financed insurance for
the elderly and poor. Employer-mandated insurance for the employed and their dependents.
Individual-Mandated private insurance for people without employment
socialized medicine - correct answer ✔✔system of publicly administered national health care.
Ranges from programs in government run hospitals and health orgs to programs in which there
is national universe health care.
regionalized model of care - correct answer ✔✔the organization and coordination of all health
resources and services within a defined area. Different types of personnel facilities are assigned
to distinct tiers in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels and the flow of patients across
levels occurs in orderly regulated fashion
Individual mandate - correct answer ✔✔the government requires individuals to purchase
private health insurance, with subsidies for low-income people otherwise will pay tax penalty
Weak individual mandate - correct answer ✔✔mandate in which people may be exempt on
various conditions
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - correct answer ✔✔Seeks to enhance the clinical
performance of all systems of care, not just the outliers with flagrantly poor quality of care.
