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1. The primary objectives of a healthcare system include all of the following EXCEPT:

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A. Enabling all citizens to receive healthcare services

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2. The U.S. healthcare system can best be described as:

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D. All of the above

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3. For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is:

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A. Employer-based

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4. What is the major objective of the Affordable Care Act?

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B. to provide insurance coverage

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5. Medicare is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:

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A. Elderly

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6. Medicaid is primarily for people who meet the following eligibility requirement:

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B. Low-income

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7. The primary functions of managed care include all of the following except:

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A. Improving quality

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8. Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services demanded and the price of medical services is:

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D. Inverse

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9. The role of the government in the U.S. healthcare system is:

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D. All of the above

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10. Which of the following countries has a National Health System (NHS)?

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b. Great Britain

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11. Which of the following is a characteristic of a national health insurance system?

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c. Both a and b

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12. Which of the following is a characteristic of a socialized health insurance system?

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a. Health care is financed through government-mandated contributions by employers and employees

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13. In 1984, Australia switched:

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c. From a privately financed system to the Medicare program

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14. A free market in healthcare requires:

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d. All of the above

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15. A multiple payer system is more cumbersome than a single payer system for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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c. Some healthcare services are covered for people in the north, but not in the south

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16. Which of the following entities in the U.S. employs lobbyists?

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d. All of the above

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17. The ownership of Canada's health care system is best described as:

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c. Combination of private and public

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18. Supplier-induced demand is created by:

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b. Providers

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19. Which country spends the most in administrative health care costs?

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a. United States

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20. In the US, federal qualified health centers are funded to

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c. serve as a safety-net for those who have difficulty getting needed primary care

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21. What is the meaning of the term 'Access?'

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d, Ability to get health care when needed

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22. In a free market who would pay for the delivery of health care services?

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b. Patients

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23. What is meant by the term 'continuum of health care services?'

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b. A range of health care services that go beyond what hospitals and physicians provide

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24. In the U.S. health care system, which of the following creates a separation between financing and delivery?

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c. Insurance

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25. When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called

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a. defensive medicine

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26. Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions?

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d. Payment

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27. Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States?

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d. None

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28. National health care programs in other countries often use the following mechanism to control total health care expenditures?

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c. Global budgets

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29. In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical services?

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c. The uninsured

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30. In which country are employers required by law to contribute toward health insurance for their employees?

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a. Germany ninsured

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31. The elements of the Epidemiology Triangle of disease occurrence include all of the following EXCEPT:

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c. Society

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32. Which of the following factors is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States?

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c. Smoking

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33. Which of the following is not a behavioral risk factor?

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c. Unsafe neighborhoods

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34. What is tertiary prevention?

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b. Rehabilitative therapies and monitoring of health to prevent complications or further illness, injury, or disability

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35. The wellness model is built on which of the following:v

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d. All of the above

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36. According to the CDC, which factor contributes most to premature death in the U.S. population?

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a. Lifestyle and behaviors

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37. Which of the following can be considered an environmental factor contributing to health status?

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d. All of the above

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38. Healthcare is considered a social good in:

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b. Social justice

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39. Crude birth rate is calculated by:

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a. Dividing the number of live births in a period of time by the total population

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40. Incidence is:

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c. The number of new cases occurring during a specified period divided by the population at risk

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41. Demand-side rationing is the same thing as:

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b. Price rationing

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42. Healthy People 2020 is the first national initiative to advocate:

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d. focusing on a broad array of health determinants

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43. Utilitarianism emphasizes:

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c. Happiness and welfare for the most people possible

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44. Supply-side rationing is also referred to as:

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d. Both a and c

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45. The limitations of market justice include:

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d. All of the above

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46. Prevalence is:

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b. The total number of cases at a specific point in time divided by the specified population

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47. Crude rates refer to:

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c. The total population

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48. Holistic health adds which element to the World Health Organization definition of health?

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c. Spiritual

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49. John Snow is famous for:

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a. Tracing the risk of cholera outbreaks in London to the Broad Street pump

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50. The ACA is an example of ?

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a. social justice

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