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HCAD final Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Which of the following is the largest health care occupation in the United
States? Answer: Registered Nurses
In what way can it be said that the expansion of insurance coverage under the
ACA exacerbated the shortage of primary care providers? Answer: The ACA
led to a surge in demand for health services overall
Real-time two-way video communication and rapid transmission of electronic
health records are encouraging improvements in which of the following?
Answer: telemedicine
Which of the following are expected to help solve shortages of primary care
physicians? Select all that apply Answer: Integrated models of primary care
delivery
Expanded roles for nonphysician health professionals
Effective use of information technology
Which of the following are arguments put forth by those who oppose increasing
the education standards for health professionals? Select all that apply Answer: -
There is no evidence that higher educational requirements lead to better patient
care
-Higher levels of education increase costs for students and the health care
system
The establishment of fixed nurse-to-patient ratios and preferred shifts based on
tenure are among the goals of Answer: Health workers' unions
Healthcare workforce planning in the United States is mostly left to Answer:
The private sector and local government agencies
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In hopes that allied health care students from rural areas will decide to stay and
work in the area, many rural health care programs recruit and train such
students in a strategy called Answer: Grow your own
Which of the following is the basic principle behind health insurance? Answer:
Pooled risks
The largest share of total U.S health care expenditures usually pays for which
of the following? Answer: Personal health care services provided to individuals
Enrollment in Medicare has doubled since its passage, but annual expenditures
have Answer: Increased 40-fold
Which of the following agencies operates the largest integrated health care
system in the United States? Answer: Veterans Health Administration
The Snyder act of 1921 established a program of health services for which of
the following? Answer: Members of federally recognized Indian tribes and their
descendants
Which of the following is true of the worker's' compensation program? Answer:
Employer and employee are expected to share the burden of loss from job-
related injuries
Which of the following requires employers to extend health insurance benefits
to former employees for up to 18 months? Answer: Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Which of the following explains why a number of providers have stopped
serving Medicare and Medicaid patients in recent years? Answer: Payment
rates have not kept up with health care costs
Which of the following is an out-of-network health care providers? Answer: A
provider that does not negotiate rates with an insurer through a contract
Which of the following ranks payers in order from highest amounts paid to
lowest? Answer: Private insurer, Medicare, Medicaid
HCAD final Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Which of the following is the largest health care occupation in the United
States? Answer: Registered Nurses
In what way can it be said that the expansion of insurance coverage under the
ACA exacerbated the shortage of primary care providers? Answer: The ACA
led to a surge in demand for health services overall
Real-time two-way video communication and rapid transmission of electronic
health records are encouraging improvements in which of the following?
Answer: telemedicine
Which of the following are expected to help solve shortages of primary care
physicians? Select all that apply Answer: Integrated models of primary care
delivery
Expanded roles for nonphysician health professionals
Effective use of information technology
Which of the following are arguments put forth by those who oppose increasing
the education standards for health professionals? Select all that apply Answer: -
There is no evidence that higher educational requirements lead to better patient
care
-Higher levels of education increase costs for students and the health care
system
The establishment of fixed nurse-to-patient ratios and preferred shifts based on
tenure are among the goals of Answer: Health workers' unions
Healthcare workforce planning in the United States is mostly left to Answer:
The private sector and local government agencies
, 2
In hopes that allied health care students from rural areas will decide to stay and
work in the area, many rural health care programs recruit and train such
students in a strategy called Answer: Grow your own
Which of the following is the basic principle behind health insurance? Answer:
Pooled risks
The largest share of total U.S health care expenditures usually pays for which
of the following? Answer: Personal health care services provided to individuals
Enrollment in Medicare has doubled since its passage, but annual expenditures
have Answer: Increased 40-fold
Which of the following agencies operates the largest integrated health care
system in the United States? Answer: Veterans Health Administration
The Snyder act of 1921 established a program of health services for which of
the following? Answer: Members of federally recognized Indian tribes and their
descendants
Which of the following is true of the worker's' compensation program? Answer:
Employer and employee are expected to share the burden of loss from job-
related injuries
Which of the following requires employers to extend health insurance benefits
to former employees for up to 18 months? Answer: Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Which of the following explains why a number of providers have stopped
serving Medicare and Medicaid patients in recent years? Answer: Payment
rates have not kept up with health care costs
Which of the following is an out-of-network health care providers? Answer: A
provider that does not negotiate rates with an insurer through a contract
Which of the following ranks payers in order from highest amounts paid to
lowest? Answer: Private insurer, Medicare, Medicaid
