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Health Care Administration is a comprehensive course that explores the organizational, financial, and managerial principles essential for effective leadership within healthcare systems. Students will examine key topics such as health policy, regulatory compliance, ethics, leadership strategies, and resource management. The course emphasizes the analysis of current trends and challenges in healthcare delivery, fostering skills in decision-making, communication, and quality improvement crucial for aspiring health care administrators. Through case studies and practical applications, learners gain a thorough understanding of how to coordinate and optimize operations in diverse healthcare settings.
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The United States Health Care System Combining Business Health and Delivery 2nd Edition by Anne
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Chapter 1: Health and Healthcare in America: an Introduction
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Q1) The United States has a national health care system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) All of the following are types of health care facilities except:
A) physicians' office.
B) HMO.
C) long-term-care facility.
D) hospital.
Answer: B
Q3) In the two decades following 2010, millions of Americans will reach age 65. This concerns the health care industry because:
A) men are living longer and will outpace women; thus there will be a need for increased services for men.
B) of the exodus of experienced health care professionals.
C) the generation after the baby boomers will overwhelm the health care system.
D) there will be an increased need for geriatric care.
Answer: D
Q4) Many approaches are used to describe health care. List two approaches.
Answer: economic; delivery systems
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Chapter 2: The Business Side of Healthcare
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Q1) All of the following are key economic indicators except:
A) current presidential political party.
B) unemployment rate.
C) inflation rate.
D) interest rate.
Answer: A
Q2) Increasing GDP and decreasing interest, inflation, and unemployment rates are indicative of the _______________ scenario.
A) depression
B) recession
C) recovery
D) prosperity
Answer: D
Q3) TJC accreditation is required for all health care facilities.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The _______________ part of the management process is the manager's feedback loop.
Answer: control
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Chapter 3: The Payment Process: Insurance and Third-Party Payers
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Q1) Health insurance is:
A) a PPO.
B) shifting the risk of loss.
C) an HMO.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Define the term third-party payer and describe the role of the insurance company as the third party in the patient-provider relationship.
Answer: Responses will vary but should include that the patient contracts with the insurance company to pay the provider for services rendered to the patient.
Q3) _______________-_______________ _______________ manage health care benefits and process claims for their clients.
Answer: Third-party administrators
Q4) Physicians are always independent contractors in third-party payer arrangements. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Payment Process: Government Payment Programs
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Q1) Hospitals are the largest recipients of workers' compensation dollars.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are eligible for SCHIP except:
A) a 2-year-old child.
B) an 18-year-old person.
C) a 19-year-old person.
D) an unborn child.
Q3) In 2008 the total number of Medicare enrollees was:
A) 15 million.
B) 25 million.
C) 35 million.
D) 45 million.
Q4) Insurance for military personnel is:
A) Medicare.
B) Medicaid.
C) TRICARE.
D) CHAMPUS.
Q6) List two groups eligible for the FEHBP. Page 6
Q5) Physician's Medicare payments are paid based on limits set by
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Chapter 5: Healthcare Providers: Physicians and Nurses
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Q1) According to the 2007 physician characteristics data, approximately:
A) 91% are men and 8% are women.
B) 49% are men and 50% are women.
C) 71% are men and 29% are women.
D) 55% are men and 44% are women.
Q2) Primary care physicians see patients for preventive care.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The median net income for physicians per year in primary care is:
A) $50,000.
B) $100,000.
C) $150,000.
D) $186,000.
Q4) A physician's post-formal education, paid training is called _____________________.
Q5) Which nursing professional performs many duties similar to a physician?
A) RN
B) CNA
C) LPN
D) NP
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Chapter 6: Other Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare
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Q1) Ultrasonography uses sound waves to generate an image to assess and diagnose medical conditions. The professionals who performs such tests are called:
A) imaging technologists.
B) nuclear technologists.
C) medical sonographers.
D) phlebotomists.
Q2) Which of the following occupations does not require a bachelor's degree?
A) Respiratory therapist
B) Occupational therapist
C) Optometrist
D) Recreational therapist
Q3) Medical laboratory specialists usually have a(n):
A) associate's degree.
B) bachelor's degree.
C) 1-year certificate.
D) master's degree.
Q4) Nuclear medicine uses _______________ _______________ to diagnose and treat disease.
Q6) Physician assistants must be recertified every _______________ years. Page 9
Q5) _______________ _______________ prepare tissue samples for pathologists.
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Chapter 7: Offices, Clinics, and Hospitals
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Q1) Define outsourcing and discuss at least two advantages and two disadvantages of this organizational option.
Q2) Acute care is described by all of the following except:
A) routine hospitalization and surgery.
B) implies a level of urgency.
C) the patient needs access to health care services immediately.
D) based on the seriousness, the patient may be admitted to the hospital.
Q3) List two of the functions on the business side of a professional practice.
Q4) Guiding and motivating are part of the _______________ managerial function.
Q5) One advantage of an LLP is:
A) financial obligation limits.
B) ease of construction.
C) independence.
D) simplicity.
Q6) Primary care is typically delivered in a hospital setting.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Identify the three legal business structures that can exist in a professional practice. Address the factors that make them unique.
Q8) Payroll is part of the _______________ business function.
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Chapter 8: Tertiary Care: the Long-Term Care Continuum
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Q1) Medical power of attorney refers to:
A) an individual who is able to select the proper attorney for a malpractice case.
B) an individual given health care decision power for another person who is deemed incapable of making decisions.
C) an automatic power which any caregiver has for the care decisions of another.
D) a power only the Veteran's Administration may grant.
Q2) Which of the following is not an ethical or political issue related to LTC?
A) Power of attorney
B) Guardianship
C) End-of-life care
D) The passage of the Hill-Burton Act
Q3) All of the following are categories of nursing home ownership except:
A) nonprofit.
B) union.
C) governmental.
D) proprietary.
Q4) The ideal long-term-care system utilizes a _______________ approach as opposed to the medical model.
Q5) The typical home health client is a _______________ _______________.
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Chapter 9: Mental Health Services: a Combination of Systems
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Q1) Mental illness, including drug abuse, affects _______________ of the U.S. population.
A) less than 10%
B) greater than 20%
C) greater than 30%
D) less than 20%
Q2) Violent events usually precede this disorder.
A) Agoraphobia
B) Obsessive compulsive disorder
C) Posttraumatic stress disorder
D) Generalized anxiety disorder
Q3) Which of the following is not a possible risk factor for mental illness?
A) Family history
B) Lack of social support
C) Inability to read
D) Strong support system
Q4) Historically, mentally ill people were considered possessed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List three of the identified mental health care settings.
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Chapter 10: The Public Health System: the Governments
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Q1) Foundations are not:
A) not-for-profit organizations.
B) groups that raise funds to support a cause of their choice.
C) groups that distribute funding to other community-based organizations in support of their work.
D) groups that provide direct medical care.
Q2) This agency provides health care for 25% of Americans.
A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
C) Health Resources and Services Administration
D) Food and Drug Administration
Q3) This area of public health collects data on the number of sexually transmitted diseases.
A) Surveillance
B) Monitoring
C) Epidemiology
D) Reporting
Q4) Leper colonies were part of the early days of public health.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Medical Technology, Pharmaceuticals, and Pharmacological Research
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Q1) One of the greatest health care concerns in the United States is the cost of prescription drugs. Identify and explain two reasons for the cost of prescription drugs in the United States.
Q2) Medical technology is equally accessible to all Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Blind randomized trials are:
A) new tools which scientists can use to examine millions of compounds a year to screen for good ideas or drug leads.
B) phase I research studies.
C) phase II research studies.
D) studies where volunteers do not know whether they are receiving the drug, a placebo, or standard treatment.
Q4) Technology in health care can be viewed both positively and negatively. Using cost, access, or the human aspect of health care, identify two advantages and two disadvantages of the increased use of technology in health care.
Q5) Describe the Human Genome Project and identify two positive outcomes and two controversial aspects of the project.
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Chapter 12: Healthcare Research and Prevention
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Q1) Which of the following is not true about women's health?
A) In most states 75% of women have health insurance.
B) Only 17 states provide poor women with safe abortion procedures.
C) Only 20 states require that private insurers cover contraceptives as they do other drugs.
D) Only 3 states meet the national goal for women getting Pap smears.
Q2) CDC stands for:
A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
B) Communicable Disease Center.
C) Center for Disease Control.
D) Communicable Disease Control Center.
Q3) List 3 of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States according to the 2001 CDC data.
Q4) Describe the government research grant process.
Q5) Access to care is responsible for many of the health issues discussed in this chapter. Define this issue.
Q6) The NIH tracks American health behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q7) List two reasons for health care research.
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Chapter 13: Cultural Competency, Health Literacy, and Healthcare Ethics
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Q1) All of following are cultural values in America except:
A) group superiority.
B) humanitarianism.
C) science and technology.
D) equal health care for all.
Q2) In ____________ theory, health care is viewed as a basic human and citizen right.
Q3) Which of the following is not an aspect of culture that impacts health care?
A) Language
B) Sexuality
C) Grief response
D) Leisure practices
Q4) Groups who are perceived to be minorities or those affected by cultural competency and health literacy issues include all of the following except:
A) men.
B) women.
C) children.
D) elders.
Q5) Discuss Kantian theory and its application in health care ethics.
Q6) List 3 core values of American culture.
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Chapter 14: International Healthcare
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Q1) The early French settlers founded Catholic hospitals in the:
A) 1600s.
B) 1700s.
C) 1800s.
D) 1900s.
Q2) Which of the following does not describe the Canadian health care delivery system?
A) It is described as a mixed system.
B) It is possible to have completely private health care.
C) The vast majority of care is provided through a single payer model.
D) It is described as a market economy model.
Q3) The Canadian system blends universal health coverage with private sector fee-for-service.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is covered by Canadian Medicare?
A) Dentistry
B) Hospitalization
C) Optometry
D) Cosmetic surgery
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