PH Final

Question 1

Government Health Care Functions

Answer 1

• Direct Services
• Financing
• Information
• Public Protection
  -Policy Setting

Question 2

Example of Direct Services

Answer 2

• screenings
  -immunizations
  -primary care

Question 3

Example of Financing

Answer 3

-Medicare
-Medicaid
- State Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Healthcare professional’s training
- Fund Research

Question 4

Examples of Information

Answer 4

Collecting
Analyzing
Disseminate Data about health care and status

Question 5

Examples of public protection

Answer 5

water and air
food/drug control
Min drinking age

Question 6

examples of policy setting

Answer 6

Health Policy - impact how health care is financed, distributed

Family Policy- health or social policies

Question 7

Branches of Government and Role in Health Policy

Answer 7

Executive - suggests, administers, and regulates policy

Legislative - identifies problems; proposes, debates, passes, and modifies laws to address those problems

judicial- interprets laws; interprets states rights to provide health services to citizens

Question 8

policy 1798

Answer 8

public health service

Question 9

policy 1935

Answer 9

social security act

Question 10

policy 1948

Answer 10

national institutes of health

Question 11

policy 1953

Answer 11

USDHHS

Question 12

policy 1965

Answer 12

medicare and medicaid

Question 13

policy 1996

Answer 13

HIPPA

Question 14

policy 1997

Answer 14

State Child Health Improvement Act

Question 15

policy 2002

Answer 15

PH security and bioterrorism

Question 16

policy 2010

Answer 16

Affordable care Act

Question 17

nursing scope of practice

Answer 17

defined by Nurse Practice Act, each state has own- Act also sets educational qualifications

Question 18

nursing professional negligence

Answer 18

malpractice, act or failure to act that leads to injury of client; nursing students- same laws apply to them as to professionals