US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions? - ✔✔Payment
What makes up the "Iron Triad" of healthcare? - ✔✔Access, Cost, Quality
Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ✔✔Elderly
Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)? - ✔✔Great Britain
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ✔✔Low-
income
Holistic health adds which element to the World Health Organization definition of Health? -
✔✔Spiritual
Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the
United States? - ✔✔Smoking
The elements of the Epidemiology Triangle of disease occurence include all of the following
except: - ✔✔Society
According to the CDC, which factor contributes most to premature death in the U.S. population?
- ✔✔Lifestyle and behaviors
According to the CDC, approximately what percentage of premature deaths in the U.S.
population can be attributed to inadequate access to medical care? - ✔✔10%
, Who was the first American President to make an appeal for national health insurance? -
✔✔Harry Trumen
Corporatization of medicine has resulted in delivering the same quality of health care at a lesser
cost. - ✔✔False
During the World war II period, health insurance became employer-based because of - ✔✔wage
freezes
In the preindustrial era, ____ often functioned as surgeons. - ✔✔barbers
Medical care in preindustrial America had a strong character. - ✔✔domestic
Which of the following factors was particularly important in promoting the growth of office-
based medical practice in the postindustrial period? - ✔✔Urbanization
How has Medicaid created a two-tier system of medical care delivery in the US - ✔✔Many
physicians do not serve Medicaid patients
The US Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. directed US states to - ✔✔deinstitutionalize
people with mental illness
In the preindustrial era, much of the medical care in the US was provided by nonphysicians -
✔✔True
What was the main consequence of early proprietary medical schools, as opposed to state-
sponsored schools, in the preindustrial era? - ✔✔Standards were low
A major factor influencing growth in the health care sector of the U.S. economy is: - ✔✔The
aging of the population
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions? - ✔✔Payment
What makes up the "Iron Triad" of healthcare? - ✔✔Access, Cost, Quality
Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ✔✔Elderly
Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)? - ✔✔Great Britain
Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement: - ✔✔Low-
income
Holistic health adds which element to the World Health Organization definition of Health? -
✔✔Spiritual
Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the
United States? - ✔✔Smoking
The elements of the Epidemiology Triangle of disease occurence include all of the following
except: - ✔✔Society
According to the CDC, which factor contributes most to premature death in the U.S. population?
- ✔✔Lifestyle and behaviors
According to the CDC, approximately what percentage of premature deaths in the U.S.
population can be attributed to inadequate access to medical care? - ✔✔10%
, Who was the first American President to make an appeal for national health insurance? -
✔✔Harry Trumen
Corporatization of medicine has resulted in delivering the same quality of health care at a lesser
cost. - ✔✔False
During the World war II period, health insurance became employer-based because of - ✔✔wage
freezes
In the preindustrial era, ____ often functioned as surgeons. - ✔✔barbers
Medical care in preindustrial America had a strong character. - ✔✔domestic
Which of the following factors was particularly important in promoting the growth of office-
based medical practice in the postindustrial period? - ✔✔Urbanization
How has Medicaid created a two-tier system of medical care delivery in the US - ✔✔Many
physicians do not serve Medicaid patients
The US Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. directed US states to - ✔✔deinstitutionalize
people with mental illness
In the preindustrial era, much of the medical care in the US was provided by nonphysicians -
✔✔True
What was the main consequence of early proprietary medical schools, as opposed to state-
sponsored schools, in the preindustrial era? - ✔✔Standards were low
A major factor influencing growth in the health care sector of the U.S. economy is: - ✔✔The
aging of the population
