current problems in providing healthcare

Question 1

___ elective surgery waiting times increased by 8% in 2020.

Answer 1

Finnish

Question 2

What did a study about when orthopaedic procedures would resume estimate?

Answer 2

Healthcare system would be at 90% capacity after 7 months and still have 1 million procedures backlogged in 2022

Question 3

What 2 things did the study about when orthopaedic procedures would resume state that patients would suffer while their treatments were backlogged?

Answer 3

Muscle wasting and depression

Question 4

What were the two most common misdiagnoses (in order) in a review by the England and Wales Emergency Department Patient Safety between 2013-2015?

Answer 4

Bone fractures then myocardial infarctions

Question 5

Where in the misdiagnosis stage did the greatest number of deaths occur? The second greatest number of deaths?

Answer 5

Drug administration then prescriptions

Question 6

The WHO estimated that because of COVID-19, we would need how many more healthcare workers globally?

Answer 6

18 million

Question 7

Which association reported that the US would face a shortage of 124000 patients by 2033?

Answer 7

American Hospital Association

Question 8

Which study studied the percent of the American healthcare force who were considering leaving?

Answer 8

Washington Post-Kaiser

acronym WPK

Question 9

What percent of the American healthcare force said that COVID-19 had an impact on their mental health?

Answer 9

60%

Question 10

The WHO estimated that the percent of people over age 60 was going to ___ from 2015 to 2050.

Answer 10

Double

Question 11

Which 3 fields spend too long focusing on administrative tasks (and in what order)?

Answer 11

psychiatry (20.3%), internists, and GPs (17.3%)

acronym PIG

Question 12

What are 3 major challenges in healthcare right now?

Answer 12

Few workers, Long waiting times, and diagnostic errors

acronym WLD (Western Liberal Democracies)