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Course Introduction
Public Health Administration explores the principles and practices essential to managing public health organizations and programs. The course covers the structure and functions of public health systems, leadership and decision-making strategies, policy development and analysis, resource management, and the coordination of community-based health initiatives. Emphasis is placed on administrative challenges, ethical considerations, and the application of management skills to promote and protect the health of populations. Students gain insights into effective communication, collaboration with stakeholders, and the implementation of evidence-based interventions within the public health sector.
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The United States Health Care System Combining Business Health and Delivery 2nd Edition by Anne
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Q1) All of the following are examples of locations where long-term care could take place except:
A) clinics.
B) hospitals.
C) rehabilitation centers.
D) adult day care.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following statements does not describe health care?
A) It accounts for the largest percentage of the gross domestic product.
B) It is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.
C) It is the process of providing care to individuals to maintain and improve their physical and mental well-being.
D) It is an industry.
Answer: A
Q3) Select the least likely employment location for health care professionals: A) Hospitals
B) Insurance companies
C) Physicians' offices
D) Long-term-care facilities
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Business Side of Healthcare
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Q1) Information technology:
A) creates the product or service.
B) tracks the flow of money in and out of a business.
C) includes the product, price, promotion, and distribution to the customer.
D) uses technology to manage information.
Answer: D
Q2) Accounting:
A) creates the product or service.
B) tracks the flow of money in and out of a business.
C) uses technology to manage information.
D) includes the product, price, promotion, and distribution to the customer.
Answer: B
Q3) A market economy is described by all of the following except:
A) is also called a private system.
B) is called a free enterprise system.
C) has competition as its central feature.
D) is not concerned with profit.
Answer: D
Q4) One of the objectives of health care laws is to _______________.
Answer: ensure fair competition; protect the public
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Chapter 3: The Payment Process: Insurance and Third-Party Payers
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Once a policy is in place the employer is the insured.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A third-party payer may be:
A) an insurance company.
B) a government agency.
C) a service provider.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Q4) Explain the gatekeeping concept, and include an example of how it benefits the patient, payer, and provider.
Answer: Responses will vary but should include the use of primary care physicians and referrals.
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Chapter 4: The Payment Process: Government Payment Programs
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Q1) Physician's Medicare payments are paid based on limits set by _______________.
Q2) Financial gain from patient/service referrals is known as _______________.
Q3) When providers feel that financial incentives are inadequate, they may opt out of:
A) CHAMPUS
B) SCHIP
C) Medicaid
D) FEHBP
Q4) All of the following describe the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regarding fraud and abuse except:
A) there will be enhanced oversight of new providers.
B) there will be provider screening.
C) a database to share information across states and federal programs is being developed.
D) penalties for false claims will be decreased.
Q5) List two groups eligible for the FEHBP.
Q6) The government as a payer of health care services has significant power in the health care delivery system. Identify and explain two of the three issues for government payment programs noted in the text. Include an example of each in your explanation.
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Chapter 5: Healthcare Providers: Physicians and Nurses
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Q1) The USMLE is a two-step exam that replaced the three-part NBME and FLEX licensing exams.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Medical school tuition and fees have increased by _________% in public schools since 1984.
A) 50
B) 100
C) 133
D) 200
Q3) Pathologists specialize in:
A) diagnosing disease by studying changes in organs, tissues, and cells.
B) diseases and disorders of the mind.
C) diseases and disorders of the stomach and intestine.
D) acute illness or injury.
Q4) Psychiatrists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of:
A) diseases and disorders of the stomach and intestine.
B) diseases and disorders of the mind.
C) changes in organs, tissues, and cells.
D) acute illness or injury.
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Chapter 6: Other Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare Providers
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Q1) The practice of a chiropractor is focused on:
A) the spine.
B) the foot.
C) the eyes.
D) the teeth.
Q2) _______________ _______________ prepare tissue samples for pathologists.
Q3) 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.
Q4) A CT:
A) uses radiation to produce images.
B) takes a cross-sectional view of a patient's body.
C) resulted in the passage of the Consumer-Patient Health and Safety Act.
D) uses radio waves to produce images.
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Q5) Physician assistants can work without physician supervision.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Offices, Clinics, and Hospitals
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Q1) Institutional policy is set by the:
A) state and federal regulation.
B) governing board.
C) administration.
D) medical staff.
Q2) Federal regulations that impact employee work conditions may be part of the _______________ business functions.
Q3) Long-term care is anything greater than:
A) 7 days.
B) 21 days.
C) 30 days.
D) 60 days.
Q4) Board members are employees of the hospital.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Primary care is typically delivered in a hospital setting.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Payroll is part of the _______________ business function.
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Q7) Guiding and motivating are part of the _______________ managerial function.
Chapter 8: Tertiary Care: the Long-Term Care Continuum
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Q1) Of the group over age 85 that requires assistance, _______________ are in nursing homes.
A) greater than 15% but less than 20%
B) greater than 10% but less than 15%
C) less than 5%
D) greater than 5% and less than 10%
Q2) Adult day care provides socialization and treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A LTC system that would provide physical, social, mental health, and financial support would be considered:
A) aging in place.
B) spending down.
C) a continuum of care.
D) IADL.
Q4) Describe the health care power of attorney. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this legal document to the patient and to the health care community?
Q5) Define home health care and identify two current utilization trends and the causes of those trends.
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Chapter 9: Mental Health Services: a Combination of Systems
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Q1) Which of the following is not true about the human services sector?
A) They are the major sector that assesses, diagnoses, and treats childhood mental illness and cognitive disorders.
B) Self-help groups play a major role for this group.
C) Social services and school-based counseling belong to this sector.
D) Religious counselors belong to this sector.
Q2) The discovery in the late 20th century that there was a biochemical basis for some of the major categories of mental illness led to all of the following changes except:
A) from residential care to outpatient talk therapy.
B) from physical or somatic treatments to treatments relying on drug therapy.
C) from treatments relying on drug therapy to somatic and physical treatments. D) from the institutional model of care to a general delivery and business model.
Q3) Historically, mentally ill people were considered possessed.
A)True B)False
Q4) Mental illness, like physical illness, is defined the same way by every culture. A)True B)False
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Chapter 10: The Public Health System: the Governments
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Q1) Connecting family history, high-fat diet, and smoking to cardiovascular disease is a(n) _______________ measure.
A) mortality
B) incidence
C) prevalence
D) risks
Q2) 20 people died from cardiovascular disease this year is a(n) _______________ measure.
A) mortality
B) incidence
C) prevalence
D) risks
Q3) The principal agency responsible for protecting the nation's health is the:
A) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
B) Food and Drug Administration.
C) Department of Health and Human Services.
D) Health Resources and Services Administration.
Q4) More than 70 diseases must be reported nationally. Identify two such diseases and explain the rationale behind this reporting requirement.
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Chapter 11: Medical Technology, Pharmaceuticals, and Pharmacological Research
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Q1) Medical technology is equally accessible to all Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A CT scan is a:
A) process used to read the implanted microchip of lost felines.
B) computerized axial tomography.
C) compound access tomograph.
D) computerized access tomography.
Q3) Which of he following is not true about cost/benefit analysis?
A) It compares efficacy of drugs versus devices.
B) It compares outcomes to costs of treatments.
C) In many countries such an analysis is performed before a technology is adopted by health care professionals.
D) The fact that our technology industry is market driven often makes analysis difficult.
Q4) The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 gave the FDA more control of new product introduction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In _______________ thousands of people participate in new drug testing.
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Chapter 12: Healthcare Research and Prevention
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Q1) Describe the government research grant process.
Q2) Which of the following is not true about NIH research grants?
A) The NIH receives 3,000 grant applications quarterly.
B) The smallest grants are $50,000.
C) The largest grants may be millions of dollars.
D) The standard grant is for 5 years.
Q3) Which of the following is not true about state spending on tobacco control?
A) $24.9 billion was available to states in 2007 from tobacco taxes and legal settlements.
B) States use a large percentage of funds for tobacco control programs.
C) States spent less than 3% of the $24.9 billion on tobacco control programs.
D) Investing only 15% of the $24.9 billion would have funded every state tobacco control program at CDC-recommended levels.
Q4) The NIH tracks American health behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List 3 of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States according to the 2001 CDC data.
Q6) List 4 of the 12 agencies of the DHHS.
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) Countries that meet the test for justice and fairness for their health care systems include all of the following except:
A) Great Britain.
B) United States.
C) France.
D) Japan.
Q2) List 3 core values of American culture.
Q3) John Rawls is one of the most influential philosophers in the field of health care. A)True
B)False
Q4) The three policy drivers of health care include all of the following except: A) cost.
B) compassion.
C) quality.
D) access.
Q5) A core value identified by Robin Williams is efficiency. A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss Kantian theory and its application in health care ethics.
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Chapter 14: International Healthcare
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Q1) Which of the following is covered by Canadian Medicare?
A) Dentistry
B) Hospitalization
C) Optometry
D) Cosmetic surgery
Q2) Which of the following is not true about the Ayurevedic system?
A) The diagnosis takes into consideration the person's physical and mental state plus their position in society.
B) It is built on the balance of three humors.
C) Health or illness depends on eating the proper amount of food in each food group.
D) Treatments include massage and spiritual guidance.
Q3) Canada spends about how much per capita on health care?
Q4) _________________ has a population of one billion.
Q5) All of the following are true about the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) except:
A) it was founded in 1900.
B) its purpose is to provide public health to all Mexican citizens.
C) it was founded in 1943.
D) it operates its own clinics and hospitals for insured workers.
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