Which of the following is considered the first national health insurance plan in the United States? 1. HMO Act 2. Marine Hospital Service 3. Medicare 4. Medicaid ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2
Date: October 9th, 2020
Medicaid provides financial assistance to pay for medical services for 1. The elderly 2. Pregnant women 3. The blind 4. Hearing-impaired individuals ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3
Date: October 9th, 2020
Medicare Part B is available to 1. Disabled persons 2. The elderly 3. The medically indigent 4. Eligible people paying a monthly premium ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4
Date: October 9th, 2020
Which of the following statements about the Medicare program is accurate? 1. Part A provides coverage for hospitalization. 2. Part A requires payment of a monthly premium for coverage. 3. Part B provides payment for home health services and extended care facilities. 4. Part B is available without cost to all elderly people who have […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
The extent to which a health care service meets a stated goal or objective is 1. Effectiveness 2. Efficiency 3. Microeconomics 4. Production ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
Date: October 9th, 2020
The allocation of scarce resources within the health care sector and the focus on resource allocation issues related to producing and distributing health care is a definition of which of the following terms? 1. Economics 2. Health economics 3. Economic evaluation of health care 4. Microeconomic theory ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2
Date: October 9th, 2020
The economic theory used by nurses who work with aggregates would be 1. Microeconomic theory, because they are concerned with factors that determine prices and affect resource allocation 2. Microeconomic theory, because of the positive effect of competitiveness on health care costs 3. Macroeconomic theory, because they are concerned with the supply, demand, and costs […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
Primary prevention is based on the premise that more health services will result in better health. Which of the following is an example of primary prevention? 1. A smoking cessation program 2. Radiation therapy for lung cancer 3. Care at a long-term care facility 4. Hospice care ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1
Date: October 9th, 2020
Managed care is a term for a variety of health arrangements that integrate financing and the delivery of health care. Two types of managed care are 1. Medicare 2. Medicaid 3. Medical Savings accounts 4. Health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4
Date: October 9th, 2020
A difference between HMOs and PPOs is 1. The HMO is a provider arrangement whereby comprehensive care if provided to members for a fixed, “per member per month,” fee. 2. A PPO does not use predetermined rates for services to be delivered to members. 3. HMOs have one model of care delivery. 4. PPOs do […]
Date: October 9th, 2020
