Medical Sociology Quiz #9

The "golden age" of doctoring was marked by: (a)Escalating prices and overcharging to a degree previously unknown. (b)Provider-structured insurance that paid for almost any mistakes. (c)A proliferation of unnecessary tests, hospitalizations, prescriptions, and surgical operations. (d)All of the above. (e)None of the above.

All of the above

Which is NOT a feature of a free-standing emergency center? (a)Open around 18-24 hours a day, 7 days a week. (b)Attend to their patients with a minimum of waiting time. (c)Treat cuts, broken bones, bruises, and minor ailments. (d)Sometimes these are located in shopping centers or other convenient locations. (e)All of the above are features.

All of the above are features

________ considerations have become a primary motivation among physicians, hospitals, and private health insurance companies.

Economic

Support through planning grants and loan guarantees was provided to encourage the development of (________)- a form of prepaid group practice emphasizing preventive care.

HMOs

Millman contended that a "gentlemen's agreement" existed among the hospital physicians. What did this agreement allow for?

Overlooking each other's mistakes.

______were established in 1970 in conjunction with Medicaid and Medicare, to review and evaluate the medical care given to patients eligible to use these services.

PSROs

What is a double agent?

Physicians who look out for the interests of the patient and the interests of a managed care organization.

_______ are forced to spend time as "patient advocates," convincing various bureaucrats that more specialized and expensive care is warranted.

Primary care physicians

What is medicalization?

Process of turning commonly regarded normal human conditions into medical ailments.

Mistakes and errors in medical practice, through neglect or ignorance, can sometimes be defended as

a difference of opinion.