Chapter 14 - Consumer Health COPY

Question 1

Describes the purchase and consumption of health-related products or services?

Answer 1

Consumer Health Defined

Question 2

The website presented in class that provides health wellness information along with a “symptom checker”?

Answer 2

WebMD

Question 3

Percent (%) of college students that use over the counter medications?

Answer 3

74%

Question 4

Most commonly used Over the Counter Medication by college students?

Answer 4

Pain Reliever

Question 5

Most commonly used supplement used by college students?

Answer 5

Vitamins and Minerals

Question 6

The symbol on supplements that means products is safe?

Answer 6

USP

Question 7

Conventional Medicine can be described by using a number of factors?

Answer 7

Incorporates “Scientific Method”

Referred to as “Western Medicine”

Diseases are caused by identifiable factors leads to “diagnosis”

Question 8

Licensed highly trained health professional that works directly under the supervision of a Physician?

Answer 8

Physician Assistant

Question 9

Health care professional specializing in eye or vision?

Answer 9

Optometrist

Question 10

Characteristics of a smart patient?

Answer 10

Talk to Provider

Ask Questions

Take information home with you

Follow-up with doctor

Communication

Question 11

Health Care Insurance plan that emphasizes early detection?

Answer 11

HMO

Question 12

The medical savings plan that allows employees to use pre-taxed dollars?

Answer 12

Flexible Spending Account

Question 13

Medical related savings account used for high deductible health insurance plans to cover cost of health related expenses?

Answer 13

Health Savings Account

Question 14

Reasons why health care costs are rising?

Answer 14

Malpractice Insurance

Population aging

Population living longer

Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Advanced Technology

Specialized Physicians

Administrative Overhead

Question 15

Number of people last year that didn’t have health insurance?

Answer 15

44 Million

Question 16

The term for when people seek medical services outside the U.S.?

Answer 16

Medical Tourism

Question 17

When a medical condition become officially recognized as a disease or illness

Answer 17

Medicalization

Question 18

Government insurance plan based around age and for people 65 years or older?

Answer 18

Medicare

Question 19

Government insurance generally for people with low incomes?

Answer 19

Medicaid

Question 20

Government insurance that pays for prescription drugs?

Answer 20

Medicare Part D

Question 21

Name of place where people not covered by their employers health insurance can purchase health insurance from the U.S. government?

Answer 21

Health Exchanges

Question 22

The term used to describe a health issue that existed prior to enrollment in a new insurance plan?

Answer 22

Pre-existing Condition

Question 23

From the video watched in class, how many states in the U.S. declined to participate in Affordable Care Act Health Exchanges?

Answer 23

26 states

Question 24

True of False?

Current laws permit a lifetime cap on insurance benefits?

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Young people can currently stay on their parent’s health insurance until what age?

Answer 25

26 years old

Question 26

Percentage (%) of college students that did not have health insurance last year?

Answer 26

20%

Question 27

The complete biological code of an organism?

Answer 27

Genome