HSA 452 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
How would you describe hospitals during the 1700s? - ANS Decrepit pesthouses, segregated,
contagious, diseased
Although hospitals had deplorable conditions during the 1700s, early hospital care reflected
American concepts of _____ and public responsibility, providing for society's most ______
members - ANS charity, vulnerable
In the 1800s, physicians founded hospitals to protect the well from sick. True or False -
ANS True
In the 1800s, hospitals were not used to provide centrally located practice teaching sites. True
or False - ANS False
Religious Orders have never played a major role in "professionalizing" nursing care. -
ANS False. They did in the 1800s
Hospital financial management, patient education and empowerment, infection control,
medical records, medical triage, patient-centered care, positive culture, hospital epidemiology,
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, nutrition services, hospital architecture, and advocacy for soldiers were all part of whose
legacy? - ANS Florence Nightingale
Which act spurred hospital expansion? - ANS Hill-Burton Act
What are all of the forces that shaped the hospital industry? (three of them) - ANS Health
Insurance, Hospital Expansion, Specialization
_____ and _______ fueled costs and utilization of hospitals - ANS Medicare and Medicaid
What became the national standard for hospital reimbursement? - ANS Medicare
What are the 5 types of hospitals? - ANS Acute care, Long-term care, Teaching, Non-
teaching, and VA Hospitals
What are five pressures on hospitals? - ANS -Declining occupancy
-private insurer and Medicare pressure to cut utilization and costs
-Rising operational and capital costs for more advanced technology
- Competition with physician-owned facilities for profitable diagnostic and treatment services
- Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)
Why is there declining occupancy in hospitals? - ANS because of major shifts towards
ambulatory settings
What is a DRG? - ANS Diagnosis-related Group
They are volume-based, retrospective reimbursement to promote utilization
What adopted DRGs in 1983? - ANS Medicare
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
How would you describe hospitals during the 1700s? - ANS Decrepit pesthouses, segregated,
contagious, diseased
Although hospitals had deplorable conditions during the 1700s, early hospital care reflected
American concepts of _____ and public responsibility, providing for society's most ______
members - ANS charity, vulnerable
In the 1800s, physicians founded hospitals to protect the well from sick. True or False -
ANS True
In the 1800s, hospitals were not used to provide centrally located practice teaching sites. True
or False - ANS False
Religious Orders have never played a major role in "professionalizing" nursing care. -
ANS False. They did in the 1800s
Hospital financial management, patient education and empowerment, infection control,
medical records, medical triage, patient-centered care, positive culture, hospital epidemiology,
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, nutrition services, hospital architecture, and advocacy for soldiers were all part of whose
legacy? - ANS Florence Nightingale
Which act spurred hospital expansion? - ANS Hill-Burton Act
What are all of the forces that shaped the hospital industry? (three of them) - ANS Health
Insurance, Hospital Expansion, Specialization
_____ and _______ fueled costs and utilization of hospitals - ANS Medicare and Medicaid
What became the national standard for hospital reimbursement? - ANS Medicare
What are the 5 types of hospitals? - ANS Acute care, Long-term care, Teaching, Non-
teaching, and VA Hospitals
What are five pressures on hospitals? - ANS -Declining occupancy
-private insurer and Medicare pressure to cut utilization and costs
-Rising operational and capital costs for more advanced technology
- Competition with physician-owned facilities for profitable diagnostic and treatment services
- Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs)
Why is there declining occupancy in hospitals? - ANS because of major shifts towards
ambulatory settings
What is a DRG? - ANS Diagnosis-related Group
They are volume-based, retrospective reimbursement to promote utilization
What adopted DRGs in 1983? - ANS Medicare
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