Intro. To Health Services 3 part assignment.

Intro. To Health Services 3 part assignment.

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Question 1

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When examining USA mortality data by race (white and black), we find:

Select one:

a. Modern baby delivery technology has eliminated differences in infant mortality between white and black babies

b. Since 1995, life expectancy of black people has actually surpassed the life expectancy of white people

c. The gap between mortality rates of white people and black people has completely closed

d. A gap between mortality rates of white people and black people continues to persist

Question 2

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An important function of local public health departments is:

Select one:

a. Conducting ongoing disease surveillance and monitoring

b. Maintaining birth control clinics through Planned Parenthood

c. Providing outpatient medical treatment for chronic diseases

d. Offering dental care to low income citizens

Question 3

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The single greatest source of death one hundred years ago was:

Select one:

a. Chronic diseases

b. Life-style related diseases

c. Infectious diseases

d. Accidents

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What role do public health agencies play in coping with terrorism?

Select one:

a. Screening airline passengers to identify possible terrorists

b. Monitoring for potential biological threats and attacks

c. Conducting intelligence efforts overseas to surface potential terrorists

d. Serving on the National Security Council

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It is important that policy makers and health care providers be able to measure the access of community members to health care services. Which of the following measures is employed to see whether access is fairly distributed among different segments of the population?

Select one:

a. Hospital bed-to-population ratio

b. Percentage insurance coverage

c. Race and ethnicity/differentials

d. Physician office use measures

Question 6

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Alternative medicine approaches – including acupuncture, herbal medicine, and dietary supplementation – are growing in the United States.

Select one:

a. true

b. false

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When considering healthcare policy, which of the following issues is the most significant policy issue facing policy makers today:

Select one:

a. Improving the caliber of education at medical school

b. Employing information systems to improve healthcare delivery

c. Access to health care

d. Treating rare diseases that do not normally receive adequate attention from the medical and research communities

Question 8

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The focus on reducing the impact of diseases once they occur in individual patients is an example of:

Select one:

a. Primary prevention

b. Secondary prevention

c. Tertiary prevention

d. Quaternary prevention

Question 9

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With ambulatory care:

Select one:

a. The importance of hospital-provided services has increased

b. Many services that were traditionally provided on an inpatient basis are now supplied on an outpatient basis

c. Advanced surgical procedures – such as open heart surgery – are performed in the patient’s home

d. The need for health insurance has diminished.

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Which of the following best illustrates the statement: “Attitudes have a big impact on care-seeking behavior.”

Select one:

a. Patients who dislike hospitals are slow to pay their bills

b. People who believe that health care services are likely to help them are more likely to seek health care than those who are skeptical of medical practice

c. People who respect their health care provider are likely to share their positive feelings with friends and colleagues

d. People who have a bad experience with one health care provider may switch to another

Question 11