CHAPTER 2- Beliefs, Values, and Health

Question 1

US life expectancy

Answer 1

79.8 42nd in the world

Question 2

US infant mortality rate

Answer 2

5.8 deaths/ 1000 births 55 countries lower than us

Question 3

US health expenditure

Answer 3

17.1% of all GDP

Question 4

__% of total health care expenditure is used to treat chronic disease

Answer 4

75

Question 5

acute condition

Answer 5

severe, episodic, treatable

hospital

Question 6

subacute condition

Answer 6

less severe phase of acute illness

treated continually after discharge from hospital

Question 7

chronic condition

Answer 7

persists over time, not severe, generally irreversible

Question 8

reasons behind rise of chronic disease

Answer 8

new tech

life-style choices

Question 9

primary prevention

Answer 9

aims to prevent injury before it even occurs

Question 10

secondary prevention

Answer 10

aims to reduce the amount of impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred

Question 11

tertiary prevention

Answer 11

aims to lessen the impact of a chronic disease

Question 12

belief in the advancement of science

Answer 12

we were instrumental in creating the medical model that primarily governs health care delivery in the US medical model has fueled growth in tech innovation

Question 13

belief in a champion of capitalism

Answer 13

strong belief in capitalism, health care has largely been viewed as an economic good not as a public resource

Question 14

entrepreneurial spirit and self

Answer 14

individual capabilities to obtain health services have largely determined the production and consumption of health care

Question 15

free enterprise and distrust of gov.

Answer 15

kept delivery of health care in private hands hence a separation exists between public health functions and the private practice of medicine

Question 16

Market justice

Answer 16

• fair distribution of health care to the market forces in a free economy ( free market conditions)
• medical care and its benefits are distributed based of people’s willingness to pay (the more you have the more you can buy
• assumes that markets will be more efficient at allocating HC
• more individualistic

Question 17

Social justice

Answer 17

• views health care as a social resource
• requites active gov. involvement in delivery
• assumes that the government is more efficient in allocating health resources
• medical resources allocation determined by central planning
• equal access to medical service viewed as a basic right