Exam 2: The Landscape for Health Communication

Managed care was created mostly to:

Medicare is an example of a single-payer system.

When patients who do not have insurance pay for their own care, they engage in:

A DRG is best described as:

is based on a commitment to offer health services to everyone who needs them, regardless of age, ability to pay, or any other factor.

A PPO hires physicians and other care providers, who earn an established salary directly from the PPO.

One argument in favor of universal coverage is that, without it, untreated diseases may spread to others and escalate costs.

As administrator of a medical center that is part of an HMO, your annual budget is based mostly on how many people subscribe to the HMO since their contributions will be the same no matter how much care they need. This reflects:

Which of the following offers the greatest incentive to keep people healthy?

One advantage of managed care is that it offers patients a greater level of privacy than they had previously.

If a hospital cuts costs and is able to provide care for less money than the capitated fees it receives, what happens?

Do you prefer a single-payer or a multi-payer model? Explain your answer by outlining the relative advantages of the model you propose.

Based on advice in your book, list and describe at least four tips for navigating the health care system.

One provision of the Affordable Care Act is an individual mandate, which means that:

Although Japan spends fewer health care dollars per capita than the United States, people in Japan tend to live longer than people in the U.S.

From a consumer's perspective, how do fee-for-service and capitated systems differ? From a care provider's perspective?

A candidate on TV says that she favors "Medicare for all." This is another way of saying that she is in favor of:

The United States ranks first in the world in terms of quality health care.

Managed care organizations were created to improve the sanitary conditions at medical centers in developing countries. When it was discovered that costs fell as quality rose, managed care was introduced in the United States.

All of the following are disadvantages of managed care EXCEPT one. Which one is NOT a disadvantage?