Chapter 5 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Chapter 5  Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

Multiple Choice

1. The technological and clinical advances that allow many surgical procedures to be safely performed on an ambulatory basis had what corollary effect on hospitals?

A. New joint-business relationships with physicians rapidly developed
B. Physicians became competitors with hospitals for the same lines of business
C. Hospitals sold their ambulatory services to physician groups
D. Hospital outpatient service volume and revenues increased

Ans.: B
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2. The primary organizational mode of medical care in the United States, in terms of volume of services delivered, is:

A. hospital ambulatory clinics
B. private practice physicians’ offices
C. community-based clinics run by voluntary agencies
D. government-operated health clinics.

Ans.: B
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3. Which of the following is not a principle of a patient-centered medical home practice?

A. providing for all of a patient’s health care needs or appropriately arranging care with other qualified professionals.
B. The personal physician leads a team of individuals in the practice who take responsibility for the ongoing care of patients.
C. Care is coordinated and integrated across all elements of the delivery system (subspecialty, hospital, home, nursing home), facilitated by electronic record registries
D. Appointment systems adhere to strictly enforced, advance scheduling.

Ans.: D
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4. In today’s hospitals, outpatient clinics frequently provide:

A. care for those without private physicians
B. teaching sites for medical residents
C. primary-care services organized similarly to private physician offices
D. all of the above

Ans.: D
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