LECOM HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT II
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/. Define Health - Answer-✅State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
/.Focus of Health Care - Answer-✅To restore health or prevent exacerbation of health
problems
/.What are the categories of health care? - Answer-✅Primary, secondary, and tertiary
/.Define Primary Prevention - Answer-✅Eliminate factors for a disease
/.Examples of Primary Prevention - Answer-✅Seat belts, condoms, protection from UV
light, tobacco cessation programs, and dietary modifications
/.Define Secondary Prevention - Answer-✅Early detection of disease so treatment is
more effective
/.Define tertiary prevention - Answer-✅Focuses on optimum treatment of identified
disease to reduce the incidence of later complications
/.Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answer-✅Rehabilitation and limitation of disability
/.What are the different types of care? - Answer-✅Primary care, secondary care, and
tertiary care
/.Define primary care - Answer-✅-what most people need most of the time for health
and illness
-Includes personal treatment and preventive measures (i.e. lifestyle changes,
immunizations, prenatal care, etc.)
/.Define Secondary Care - Answer-✅-Services are available in physicians' offices and
community hospitals
-Includes most surgical procedures, diagnositc, and treatment interventions of
specialists (i.e. cardiologists, radiologists)
, /.Define Tertiary Care - Answer-✅-Highly specialized diagnostic, therapeutic, and
rehabilitative serves that require staff and equipment beyond what an average
community hospital has available
-Care is generally available in major medical centers (heart surgery, organ transplant,
radiotherapy for cancer)
/.Most hospitals are? - Answer-✅Non-federal (96.2%)
/.Of non-federal hospitals, what percentage are community hospitals? - Answer-✅91%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "not-for-profit"? -
Answer-✅58.3%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "for-profit"? -
Answer-✅21.4%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percent are state or local government owned? -
Answer-✅20.4%
/.The overall trend in the amount of beds in hospitals has been ____ - Answer-
✅reduced
/.What are some reasons that the number of beds and hospitals have been reduced? -
Answer-✅-Higher fixed costs in staff, facilities, and equipment (big affect on smaller
hospitals)
-Increased difficulty in hiring and retaining appropriate staff in rural hospitals
-Increasing economies of scale for larger and larger hospitals as the availability of
expensive technology increases
-When a hospital performs a procedure more frequently, the quality of each one goes
up
/.Reasons for rural hospitals closing - Answer-✅-aging, poor, and shrinking populations
in these areas
-High uninsured rates
-Economic challenges in the community
-Aging facilities
/.What are the responsibilities of hospital administration - Answer-✅Finance, personnel,
provision of services (i.e. housekeeping and laundry), community/public relations,
development
/.How are medical hospitals organized? - Answer-✅-By medical speciality
-By organ systems
-Diagnostic imaging and therapy
-Pathology (provides a diagnostic function before and after treatment)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/. Define Health - Answer-✅State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
/.Focus of Health Care - Answer-✅To restore health or prevent exacerbation of health
problems
/.What are the categories of health care? - Answer-✅Primary, secondary, and tertiary
/.Define Primary Prevention - Answer-✅Eliminate factors for a disease
/.Examples of Primary Prevention - Answer-✅Seat belts, condoms, protection from UV
light, tobacco cessation programs, and dietary modifications
/.Define Secondary Prevention - Answer-✅Early detection of disease so treatment is
more effective
/.Define tertiary prevention - Answer-✅Focuses on optimum treatment of identified
disease to reduce the incidence of later complications
/.Examples of Tertiary Prevention - Answer-✅Rehabilitation and limitation of disability
/.What are the different types of care? - Answer-✅Primary care, secondary care, and
tertiary care
/.Define primary care - Answer-✅-what most people need most of the time for health
and illness
-Includes personal treatment and preventive measures (i.e. lifestyle changes,
immunizations, prenatal care, etc.)
/.Define Secondary Care - Answer-✅-Services are available in physicians' offices and
community hospitals
-Includes most surgical procedures, diagnositc, and treatment interventions of
specialists (i.e. cardiologists, radiologists)
, /.Define Tertiary Care - Answer-✅-Highly specialized diagnostic, therapeutic, and
rehabilitative serves that require staff and equipment beyond what an average
community hospital has available
-Care is generally available in major medical centers (heart surgery, organ transplant,
radiotherapy for cancer)
/.Most hospitals are? - Answer-✅Non-federal (96.2%)
/.Of non-federal hospitals, what percentage are community hospitals? - Answer-✅91%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "not-for-profit"? -
Answer-✅58.3%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percentage of these hospitals are "for-profit"? -
Answer-✅21.4%
/.Of the community hospitals, what percent are state or local government owned? -
Answer-✅20.4%
/.The overall trend in the amount of beds in hospitals has been ____ - Answer-
✅reduced
/.What are some reasons that the number of beds and hospitals have been reduced? -
Answer-✅-Higher fixed costs in staff, facilities, and equipment (big affect on smaller
hospitals)
-Increased difficulty in hiring and retaining appropriate staff in rural hospitals
-Increasing economies of scale for larger and larger hospitals as the availability of
expensive technology increases
-When a hospital performs a procedure more frequently, the quality of each one goes
up
/.Reasons for rural hospitals closing - Answer-✅-aging, poor, and shrinking populations
in these areas
-High uninsured rates
-Economic challenges in the community
-Aging facilities
/.What are the responsibilities of hospital administration - Answer-✅Finance, personnel,
provision of services (i.e. housekeeping and laundry), community/public relations,
development
/.How are medical hospitals organized? - Answer-✅-By medical speciality
-By organ systems
-Diagnostic imaging and therapy
-Pathology (provides a diagnostic function before and after treatment)
