Health Policy Flashcards
The current organization and delivery of healthcare in the US reflects the fundamental American value of:
A. Getting value for money.
B. Securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
C. Distrust of government at all levels.
D. Trust in employers to provide adequate health insurance.
E. Suspicion about concentrations of power.
E. Suspicion about concentrations of power.
The main policy goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to
A. Recruit new voters for candidates of the Democratic Party.
B. Improve the quality of healthcare in the United States.
C. Reduce spending for healthcare in the United States below current levels.
D. Increase the number of citizens with a source of payment for healthcare.
E. Use the insurance mandate to prevent the “free rider” problem.
D. Increase the number of citizens with a source of payment for healthcare.
“Quality” in the delivery of health care services means:
A. Providing patient care on the basis of the healtcare organization’s mission and values.
B. Providing patient care according to what insurance companies authorize.
C. Progressively and responsibly minimizing variations in the processes of patient care.
D. Providing comparative cost-effective patient care.
E. Providing the lowest cost intervention in each clinical encounter
-C. Progressively and responsibly minimizing variations in the processes of patient care.
Physicians should be financially incentivized to provide:
A. Patient care based on the current scientific literature.
B. Patient care based on how the physician was trained during residency.
C. Patient care that meets the local community standard.
D. Patient care based on deliberative clinical judgment.
E. Patient care that will be lowest cost to payer.
-D. Patient care based on deliberative clinical judgment.
