Chapter 13 Medical Law and Ethics 2
Diabetes
What health care area continues to lag behind treatment for illness?
Health care costs
What is the main force expanding the federal budget?
Costs
What is the most often cited as the reason for being uninsured or underinsured?
AHRQ
What is the name of the lead federal agency responsible for tracking and improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for Americans?
Life span
What is the number of years an individual actually lives called?
Gene therapy
What is the process called that involves correcting defective genes responsible for disease?
Life expectancy
What is the term for the statistically probable number of years a newborn ought to live, based on environment,heredity, lifestyle and health practices risk factors, and so on?
Gross domestic product
What is the term for the total value of all goods produced and services provided in America for one year?
Longer hospital stays for patients
Which of the following has not added to the cost of health care in the United States?
PPACA
_______ is the federal government's most recent attempt to reform health care.
SCHIP
_________ is a federal program designed to provide health insurance for children.
From 1946 to 1964
"Baby boom" generation refers to the group of Americans born.
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By 2050, the Congressional Budget Office projects, health care spending could easily exceed ____ percent of the GDP-- about $1.50 out of every $4 spent.
Safety and infections
According to the 2010 NHQR data, what two significant concerns remain for hospital patients?
Universal
High-quality health care is not.
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If health care spending will exceed _____ percent of the GDP.
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In 2010, according to U.S. government figures, health care spending had risen to _____ percent of the GDP, or as stated in a Reuters report,$2.6 trillion--about $8,458 per person.
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In the 1960, health care spending accounted for slightly more than ______ percent of the GDP.
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The Health Care Financing Administration estimates that by 2005, if health care cost rises at ____ percent per year.
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The National Coalition on Health Care predicts that by 2015, the United States will most likely be spending ____ percent of the country's GDP on health care.
Government and employers
The largest purchasers of health care for most working adults are.
Genometrics
The science of determining how genes cause the expression of certain traits in individuals is.
Pharmacogenomics
The science that defines how individuals are genetically programmed to respond to drugs is.
Stakeholders
Those who have a vested interest in the American health care industry are called.
cost, access,quality
Three key issues of concern to everyone within the American health care industry are.
Xenotransplantation
Transplanting animal tissue into human patients is referred to as.