HIT 150 quiz 15

In what year were regional medical programs defunded?

1976

Which of the following nongovernmental planning efforts was formed as a joint committee by the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, and American Public Welfare Association in 1945?

Commission on Chronic Illness

Which of the following nongovernmental planning efforts spent five years surveying and evaluating the organization and cost of the medical care system in the United States?

Committee on the Cost of Medical Care

Which of the following nongovernmental planning efforts' recommendations included organizing physicians into groups, extending the availability of all public services, and emphasized health and prevention of disease in the teaching of physicians?

Committee on the Cost of Medical Care

______ competition exists when there is too little regulation in the market, causing harm to companies, taxpayers, and customers.

Destructive

Which of the following nongovernmental planning efforts led to the closure of many medical schools but also set the foundation for the rigorous medical education system that we have today?

Flexner Report

Which of the following nongovernmental planning efforts used the Johns Hopkins model as the standard by which to judge medical education?

Flexner Report

Which organization must demonstrate that prescription medications are safe and effective?

Food and Drug Administration

_____ leads to excess cost to the health care system and may result in harm to the patient.

Overuse

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of competition?

Results in higher prices

Which of the following established regional medical programs (RMPs)?

The Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke Act of 1965

Which of the following divided states into health service areas (HSAs) — using actual health care markets and not political boundaries for planning purposes?

The National Health Planning and Resource Development Act of 1974

Which of the following contained a clause that stated that state governments should not intervene in the physician-patient relationship?

The Social Security Act of 1935

Which of the following funneled millions of dollars to large medical centers, although little of that money reached community physicians and hospitals where it was intended?

The heart disease, cancer, and stroke act of 1965

Which of the following attempted to equalize hospital bed to population ratios across the country?

The hospital survey and construction act of 1946

Which of the following is NOT one of the four major characteristics that ensure a free-market works properly for the benefit of consumers and producers?

There are a small, selective number of suppliers from which individuals can choose to purchase a good or service

When planning and measuring demand, what area you assessing?

Use of services

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Economic Theory?

Usually produces noncompetitive but higher profits

What are the three elements of the Iron Triangle?

access, quality, and cost

Provision of health care is not a right specified in the ______, but it is often viewed as a right.

constitution

When planning which of the following areas of assessment can impact supply and the use of services?

cost organization

Which of the following is NOT an essential goals of health planning?

encouraging duplication of services

Whether planning at the micro or macro level, objectives and ______ must be set to guide the planning process.

goals

Which of the following factors needs to be assessed wen health planning at the micro and macro levels?

legal issues political issues quality issues

The United States has always had a ______-based economy.

market

Health planning attempts to equate units of ______ with units of ______ to units of ______.

need demand supply

Government seeks to contain costs and protect the "public's ______."

purse

Planning (Centralized) + Government (Force of Law) = ______

regulation

Regulation is often a function of which level of government?

state

Which of the following outlined tuberculosis treatment and planning but restricted intervention in the private practice of medicine?

the social security act of 1935