Health Care Types and Statistics Flashcards
When did employer paid health insurance begin?
During WW2 when wages were frozen
In what year did Medicare and Medicaid begin?
1966
Medicare reform in the form of diagnosis-related groups began in ____.
1987
Managed care reform began during what period?
the 1990s
The development of managed care in the form of HMOs transferred the risk to who?
providers mainly PCPs
The rise of CDHPs transfers the risk to who?
the patients
When was the new healthcare reform The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed?
in 2010
The new healthcare reform changed payment for procedure to payment for ______.
outcomes
There was a __% per year rate of increase in national health care costs from 1999 through 2014.
17
Which country has the highest per capita total current health care expenditure?
the United States
What type of service has the highest distribution of national health expenditures?
hospital care
In 2012 what health plan had the highest enrollment rate for covered workers in the US?
PPO
The percentage of what health plan is steadily growing in its enrollment?
high deductible health plan
What is a major concern for this country in regards to healthcare costs and social security funding with each passing year?
the baby boomers
True or False
The rate of nonelderly disabled (under the age of 65) enrolled in Medicare continues to rise with each passing year
True
