Lesson 2 Quiz
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, dependent children are allowed to stay on their parents' health insurance plan up to which of the following ages?
26 years
According to the 2010 county health rankings model, what percentage of the overall impact on health outcome did health behaviors constitute?
30%
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, subsidies are available to individuals with incomes up to what percent of the poverty level?
400%
About what percentage of the overall U.S. expenditure on health care is spent in an effort to prevent illness, as opposed to direct medical care?
5%
The United States' health systems can best be described by which of the following?
a patchwork of public and private insurance system
Which of the following are characteristics of the medical model? Select all that apply.
described as reductionist is concerned with disease diagnosis emphasizes defining the cellular mechanisms
Air pollution and food and water quality would fall under which health determinant?
environment
Which of the following are goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Select all that apply.
establish consumer rights and protections provide more affordable coverage ensure better access to care
Which of the following would be primary concerns related to tobacco use in the medical model? Select all that apply.
focus on the individual patients use of cessation counseling use of nicotine replacement options
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which of the following is the primary reason people in the United States lack health insurance?
high cost of insurance
The constitutionality of which aspect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012?
individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase insurance
Which of the following words best describes the current health-care system in the United States?
reactive
Which of the following are insurance reforms included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)? Select all that apply.
requiring most U.S. citizens and legal residents to have health insurance prohibiting lifetime limits of coverage offering required benefit categories in all insurance plans (bronze, silver, gold, or platinum)
A nurse is working with a patient who is a compulsive overeater. Because of overeating, the patient has become obese. The patient explains that she feels shame because of her obesity and that the shame, in turn, causes her to eat more to comfort herself. This situation, in which the patient's obesity actually contributes to her overeating, is an example of which of the following?
reverse causality
An individual's income would be classified as which type of determinant of health?
social and economic environment
According to the 2010 county health rankings model, which category of health determinants had the greatest impact on health outcomes?
social and economic factors
Which of the following milestone events related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) occurred on October 1, 2013?
the marketplace exchanges of the ACA opened
Which of the following are characteristics of the U.S. health-care system that distinguish it from other countries? Select all that apply.
the system does not operate within a budget the US does not aggressively negotiate prices with providers
What proportion of total U.S. expenditure on health care is spent on preventable diseases?
two thirds
Among health-care programs in the United States, which is the best example of socialized medicine?
veterans hospital administration
