HLTH 101 Quizes

A high-deductible health insurance plan is a great option for a patient that plans to use health services on a regular basis due to an illness.

False

A premium is the amount the insurer must pay each year before benefits are payable by the plan.

False

Generally, private health insurance is cheaper for the insured than group insurance.

False

HIPAA protects confidentiality only in paper and oral formats.

False

Healthcare spending in the US rose after managed care became common.

False

If a patient is not eligible for Social Security benefits, then they may still be eligible for Medicare.

False

Robotic surgery is generally cheaper than physician conducted surgery.

False

Self-insurance is the same as individual private health insurance.

False

HIPAA refers to:

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Which ethnic or racial group has the highest life expectancy? Hispanic Black White Asian

Hispanic

A co-payment is a flat amount the insured must pay each time health services are received.

True

A goal of primary care is to prevent inpatient care.

True

Hospice serves those patients that are expected to live no more than 6 months more as identified by a physician.

True

Hospitals can pay a fee for readmittance of a Medicare patient within 30 days for the same diagnosis.

True

It is generally a violation of HIPAA to call a friend and discuss a patient's case.

True

Patients save money in taxes by contributing to health savings plans.

True

Telehealth may support the elimination of health disparities.

True

The ACA mandated that states no longer use assets tests for Medicaid.

True

The geographic maldistribution of physicians refers to greater physicians in urban areas than rural areas.

True

__________ cost account for a lot of the difference between US overall spending on healthcare and other countries. research administrative nurses dental

administrative

The following would NOT be an element of integrated healthcare: dental care physical healthcare and behavioral healthcare animal healthcare comprehensive screening and assessment

animal health care

After years of working in the healthcare field, it is normal to lose empathy for: those receiving community health center services those on hospice care asking people personal questions those eligible for Medicaid

asking people personal questions

The following is rarely used in healthcare: cost effectiveness analysis cost minimization analysis cost utility analysis cost benefit analysis

cost benefit analysis

Group insurance is also known as: individual private health insurance a high-deductible plan a managed care plan employer-based insurance

employer-based insurance

A free healthcare market includes price fixes.

false

A market justice healthcare system intervenes to create equality.

false

An example of deinstitutionalization is a person with a mental illness moving from his own apartment to a hospital.

false

Equity is the same as equality.

false

Maldistribution refers to the shortage of specialists.

false

Medicaid is only available for older adults.

false

Nursing homes are ideal residence for people with severe mental illness

false

People with disabilities and mental illness were treated the same in the health care system throughout history.

false

Private insurance reimburses providers worse than Medicaid and Medicare.

false

Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), all citizens will receive healthcare.

false

The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicare coverage.

false

The definition of trimorbidity is having three physical illnesses

false

The passage of Medicaid enabled funding for institutionalization.

false

Trade-off is a comparison of costs and prices.

false

all health insurance companies pay the same cost for knee replacement

false

it is easy to truly conduct integrated healthcare

false

long term care is covered under most health care insurance plans

false

managed care plans do not affect he quality of care for anyone

false

Which of the following best describes the role of a primary care physican who provides a referral for you as the patient to see a specialist. good doctor gategiver nice guy gatekeeper

gatekeeper

What best describes the services that Carol's sister was receiving at the time the video was recorded? hospice inpatient hospitalization outpatient surgery community health centers

hospice

Primary care physicians in managed care groups do not receive financial incentives to reduce impatient hospitalization long term care speciality care emergency rooms

long term care

Professor Linton's student that researched "Funeral Playlists" found that it was associated with the following among older adults on hospice: physical health mental health environmental health spiritual health

mental

According to your book, healthcare delivery systems do not include: suppliers patients insurers providers government

patients

Long term care is not designed to/for: promoting maximum independence people with functional disabilities decrease institutionalization people with brief episodes of disability

people with brief episodes of disability

The following is not one of Blum's main sources determinant of health: Heredity Environment Personality Lifestyle

personality

The LifeJournal partner interviewing exercise was conducted with a main goal of: practicing community health center responsibilities practicing primary care administration practicing asking your partner personal questions practicing outpatient surgery administration

practicing asking your partner personal questions

Managed care models do not include the following: specialist acting as gatekeepers groups of physicians contracting to provide services preapproval of specialty services incentives to physicians to limit services

specialist acting as gatekeepers

The following is the main reason for the surplus in specialist physicians: specialists receive an additional certification specialists receive more office space specialists receive more training specialists receive almost double the salary compared to generalists

specialists receive almost double the salary compared to generalists

Housing first is: the method of providing physical, mental health or substance abuse treatment in institutional living the method of providing housing without requiring physical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment the method of providing physical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment prior to housing the method of providing housing and requiring physical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment at the same time.

the method of providing housing without requiring physical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment

A weakness of the Functional Independence Measure is that it does not collect qualitative data.

true

Disability is defined based on the policy or program referring to it.

true

Disparities of life expectancy exist based on race or ethnicity.

true

Health economics includes the activities that create the healthcare people want and get the healthcare to the people that want it.

true

Medicare is primarily available for older adults.

true

Morbidity is referring to disease and disability.

true

People with disabilities who have worked are generally eligible for Medicare.

true

Price controls are commonly used to control the price of health care in countries.

true

Provider satisfaction tends to rise when they are involved in integrated healthcare

true

Resources are scarce.

true

Supplemental Security Income is available for people with severe mental illnesses.

true

The Affordable Care Act enables adults aged 26 and under who attend school to be insured under their parent's health insurance.

true

The US healthcare system could be considered to be a market based or "other" system

true

The US healthcare system is referred to as imperfect.

true

The US spends the most percentage of its GDP on healthcare as a compared to other countries

true

The way that our government is structured determines our ability to enact comprehensive changes to the healthcare.

true

There is more demand than supply of generalist physicians in the U.S.

true

family members can be paid caregivers

true

nursing homes are the only institutionalized form of long term care discussed in class

true

transportation is a form of long term care

true

you might compared integrated healthcare to Target because it includes an "all in one" approach to healthcare

true

Funeral Playlists improved whose health the most? boys girls men women

women