LESSON 3 Flashcards
According to the ALMA-ATA DECLARATION 1978, how is health defined?
a. Absence of disease
b. Absence of infirmity
c. Complete physical, mental, and social well-being
d. Economic well-being
Answer: c
What common concern exists regarding health care?
a. High healthcare costs
b. Gross inequality in health status
c. Lack of medical professionals
d. Overcrowded hospitals
Answer: b
What is the primary goal of the health care system, as defined by Miller & Keane?
a. To generate profits
b. To provide emergency care
c. To improve health services
d. To provide organized health services
Answer: d
How is “health care delivery” defined?
a. Providing health care to individuals
b. Managing health care resources
c. Rendering health care services to the people
d. Establishing health care policies
Answer: c
What is the main goal of Primary Health Care (PHC)?
a. To maximize healthcare profits
b. To provide specialized healthcare services
c. To achieve better health for all
d. To focus on curing diseases
Answer: c
According to the WHO, what are the five key elements to achieve the goal of better health for all through PHC?
a. Maximize profits, minimize costs, improve services, enhance collaboration, and reduce disparities
b. Universal coverage, people-centered service delivery, public policy integration, leadership, and stakeholder participation
c. Efficient resource allocation, advanced technology, data collection, public awareness, and competition
d. Prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliative care, and education
Answer: b
What does the acronym “ELEMENTS” stand for in Essential Elements of Primary Health Care?
a. Key components of healthcare
b. Educational materials for healthcare workers
c. A framework for healthcare management
d. Essential healthcare services
Answer: a
What does the “E” in ELEMENTS represent?
a. Education concerning health problems
b. Expanded healthcare services
c. Environmental health initiatives
d. Essential healthcare funding
Answer: a
What is the ultimate goal of the principles of Primary Health Care (PHC)?
a. To maximize healthcare profits
b. To minimize healthcare costs
c. To promote favorable population growth
d. To achieve better health for the community
Answer: d
What principle emphasizes the integration of health into all sectors?
a. Principle 2
b. Principle 4
c. Principle 7
d. Principle 11
Answer: c
What is the main responsibility of a healthcare manager in the organizing function?
a. Setting priorities for the organization
b. Initiating actions in the organization
c. Monitoring staff activities and performance
d. Developing and maintaining the workforce
Answer: d
What does “authority” in organizing principle refer to?
a. The duty of an employee to perform assigned tasks
b. The formal and legitimate right of a manager to issue orders and make decisions
c. The delegation of planning and decision-making to lower branches
d. The concentration of planning and decision-making at the top of the organization
Answer: b
What is the term for the delegation of planning and decision-making to lower branches of an organization?
a. Authority
b. Decentralization
c. Centralization
d. Formalization
Answer: b
What is the term for the written document provided for direct control of employees?
a. Authority
b. Decentralization
c. Centralization
d. Formalization
Answer: d
Who issues orders to subordinates and is responsible for results in line authority?
a. Functional authority
b. Staff authority
c. Managers
d. Employees
Answer: c
What is the primary function of the Department of Health (DOH) in the Philippines?
a. To promote, protect, and preserve people’s wealth
b. To regulate all industries
c. To provide health services and monitor health service providers
d. To manage the educational system
Answer: c
What is the vision of the Department of Health (DOH) by 2030?
a. To become the world’s richest healthcare system
b. To achieve global leadership in healthcare
c. To provide healthcare to the highest bidder
d. To ensure universal health coverage
Answer: b
What is the primary level of healthcare facilities?
a. Highly specialized national hospitals
b. Smaller and non-departmentalized hospitals
c. Units operated by the DOH, rural health units, and chest clinics
d. Intermediate healthcare facilities
Answer: c
Who are the primary healthcare workers at the grassroot or village level?
a. Medical practitioners
b. Village health workers
c. Nurses
d. Pharmacists
Answer: b
What is the ratio of doctors to people in the Philippines as of 2016?
a. 1:10,000
b. 1:5,000
c. 1:33,000
d. 1:50,000
Answer: c
What is the average cost of an emergency room visit in the Philippines?
a. ₱1,000
b. ₱2,500
c. ₱5,000
d. ₱10,000
Answer: b
