Test Bank for Shi & Singh's Delivering Health Care in the United States 9th
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Delivering Health Care in the United States: A Systems Approach, 9th Edition
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Chapter 1: An Overview of U.S. Healthcare Delivery
Short Answer
1. For most privately insured Americans, health insurance is ; that is, their employers finance health care as a fringe benefit.
Ans: employer-based
Multiple Choice
2. Under free market conditions, the relationship between the quantity of medical services demanded and the price of medical services is:
A) unknown.
B) equal.
C) direct.
D) inverse.
Ans: D
3. Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions?
A) Financing
B) Insurance
C) Delivery
D) Payment
Ans: D
4. In a free market, who would pay for the delivery of healthcare services?
A) Employers
B) Patients
C) Government
D) Multiple payers
Ans: B
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5. When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called:
A) defensive medicine.
B) supplier-induced demand.
C) primary protection.
D) legal risk.
Ans: A
6 A method of payment in which providers are reimbursed based on the quality of health care they deliver is called:
A) fee-for-service.
B) capitated payments
C) bundled payments.
D) pay-for-value
Ans: D
7. When the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in 2020, what healthcare sector received a huge boost in utilization and growth?
A) elective procedures
B) telemedicine
C) complementary/alternative medicine
D) outpatient services
Ans: B
8. Which of the following is not a function of managed care?
A) increases patient engagement by promoting and facilitating patient–provider communication
B) determines the price of services and how much providers are paid
C) seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating the four functions of healthcare delivery
D) employs mechanisms to control (manage) utilization of medical services
Ans: A
9. What percentage of alcohol users aged 12 or older were binge drinkers in 2019?
A) 35.2%
B) 47.1%
C) 29.8%
D) 52.1%
Ans: B
10. Among people aged 12 or older, what was the percentage of past year marijuana users in 2019?
A) 11.0%
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B) 15.2%
C) 17.5%
D) 4.7%
Ans: C
True/False
11 True or False? The percentage of past-year marijuana users among adults aged 26 or older decreased from 2002 to 2019.
Ans: False
12. True or False? Most of the past month tobacco users in the United States in 2019 were cigarette users.
Ans: True
13. True or False? The percentage who used noncigarette tobacco products increased among past month tobacco product users in 2019.
Ans: False
14 True or False? In a free market, multiple patients and providers act interdependently.
Ans: False
15. True or False? The central agency that delivers health care in the United States is Medicare. Ans: False
16. True or False? In a single-payer system, the primary payer usually is an insurance company. Ans: False
17 True or False? Moral hazard has to do with insured patients’ demand for healthcare services. Ans: True
18. True or False? The United States provides universal healthcare coverage. Ans: False
19. True or False? The U.S. healthcare system is a fragmented, loosely coordinated network that involves a diverse array of organizations and individuals.
Ans: True
Essay
20 Compare and contrast Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP and provide at least one example of people who can benefit from each program.
Ans: Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP are all programs administered by the federal government. Medicare covers senior citizens and certain disabled individuals; Medicaid covers people who
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cannot pay for health care; and CHIP provides health care for children from low-income families.
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