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Who has the primary responsibility of cost containment in the United States?
A. The patientsB. Both physicians and patientsC. The private sectorD. The nursing unions
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Which of the following is attributed to the rising cost of healthcare?
A. Hospital downsizing in the United StatesB. Transition from primarily government institutions C. Advanced sanitation, nursing and medical servicesD. Third-party payment
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How did managed care organizations (MCOs) garner enormous buying power?
A. By integration of several organizations under the B. By shared savings program under the ACAC. By providing an array of health care services to aD. By enrolling a large segment of the insured popula
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What is referred to as a community hospital?
A. A nonfederal short-stay hospital whose services arB. Nongovernment and privately ownedC. Government ownership (federal, state, or local)D. Often located in large urban areas
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Monitoring a patient's prognosis for recovery becomes important in which type of utilization review?
A. ConcurrentB. PreauthorizationC. RetrospectiveD. Prospective
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Which of the following does adult foster care facilities mostly provide?
A. Part-time or intermittent skilled nursing care.B. Nursing care, psychosocial therapies, and rehabiliC. A social setting.D. Room, board, and personal care.
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Which of the following groups of people pay for the benefits of Medicare?
A. Health insurance companiesB. Only doctors and nursesC. Hospital employeesD. Taxpayers
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Why is organizational integration important?
A. Pharmacy services availableB. Provides food services to meet the nutritional andC. There is maintenance of medical records on each paD. It is necessary for economic reasons
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What is Precision Medicine?
A. Medical model of health care deliveryB. Variations in practiceC. Increase in the elderly populationD. Goes a step beyond personalized medicine by taking
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According to Shi and Singh "Essentials of the U.S. Healthcare System," what percentage of the healthcare workforce do hospitals employ?
A. 10%B. 39%C. 50%D. 75%
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What are some legal and ethical issues that hospitals face? Select all that apply.
A. Obtaining patient's consent before treatmentB. Women are admitted to hospitals more often than meC. Only a few hospitals in some major US citiesD. Discussion of alternatives
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Which of the following types of hospitals would a patient diagnosed with mental illness be referred to?
A. Psychiatric hospitalB. Rehabilitation hospitalC. Teaching hospitalD. Children's hospital
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Which of the following is not a health maintenance organization (HMO) model?
A. Car modelB. Network modelC. Group modelD. Staff model
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Which element is included in the staff model of managed care?
A. Physicians are paid at higher rates than private oB. The health maintenance organization (HMO) employs C. Meets the nutritional and therapeutic requirementsD. Registered nurses are sponsored by agency staffing
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Quality indicators can have micro perspectives and macro perspectives. What does macro perspective do?
A. Promotes the use of performance measurements in heB. Focus on individual services at the point of delivC. Reflect the performance of the entire health care D. Look at the performance of an individual or organi
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Which of the following contributed to the growth of hospitals from 1930 to 1980?
A. Prospective Payment System (PPS)B. The growth of managed careC. Technological advancesD. Increased use of skilled nursing
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What is an example of a foreseeable trend in the future of health services delivery?
A. Cost cuttingB. DemographicsC. Quicker discharge of patientsD. Level of education of healthcare personnel
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Which of the following does long-term care include?
A. Care in a nursing homeB. Care in ambulatory clinicsC. Care provided by nursesD. Care in a hospital setting
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What is one reason that cost-control efforts in the United States have not been successful?
A. Wastage at clinicsB. Global healthcare issuesC. Poor patient outcomesD. Cost shifting
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What is referred to as "days of care"?
A. Total number of inpatient days incurred by a populB. The number of days a patient stays in a hospitalC. The total number of patients admittedD. The length of time patients are treated in a clini
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Waste and abuse is a reason for rising healthcare costs. Which of the following is a contributory factor?
A. Chronic disease prevention and managementB. FraudC. Unequal access to health careD. Competitive approaches
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What was the first major stage of the hospital evolution?
A. Private inpatient facilitiesB. Community homeless sheltersC. University-based medical centersD. Almshouses
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What is the organization of hospital capacity?
A. The number of beds set up, staffed, and made availB. Well-to-do, private-pay patients using hospitals.C. Transition from primarily government institutions D. Construction and operation of a hospital
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What three factors are critical in differentiating between the types of managed care organization (MCOs)?
A. CEO with responsibility for operationsB. Payment and risk-sharingC. Organized physician staffD. Choice of providers
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Research shows that issues with access to both primary care and specialty care prevail in:
A. Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) planB. Medicare advantage plans.C. Medicaid managed care.D. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plans
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