Question 1

Eligibility for the National School Lunch Program is based on family income and the number of people in a family. Is this program a partial-coverage or full-coverage program and why?

Accepted Answer

Even though it has eligibility criteria, the program is implemented at the population level and is thus a full-coverage program.

Question 2

What is the formula for determining the break-even number of clients that need to be served by StarCare's hospice program?

Accepted Answer

Number of pts to be serviced = fixed cost/(revenue per pt - variable cost per pt)

Question 3

Outreach workers from the CeaseFire program spent a total of 500 combined hours with program participants during the first year of program implementation. This is an example of which service utilization output?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coverage 
B)  Units of service 
C)  Service completion 
D)  Workflow B

Question 4

A health care organization, StarCare, wants to implement a program to increase use of diabetes care services. In the past, StarCare has billed insurance companies $350 per group session on cardiac care, a similar service, and thus plans to bill $350 for the diabetes group sessions. Operational expenses for the diabetes care services will be $1,000. Because StarCare is concerned with quality of services, it plans to have a consistent group size of 20 participants. However, the number of group facilitators will vary based on the number of diabetes care group participants. For every participant, it costs StarCare $300 in facilitator salary and other expenses. StarCare will only do one session if it is profitable. Based on this information, what are (a) the fixed costs for the proposed diabetes care program and the (b) the total variable costs for 20 participants?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A health care organization, StarCare, wants to...

Question 5

At which level of the public health pyramid would a social marketing plan be useful? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Direct services level 
B)  Enabling services level 
C)  Population services level 
D)  Infrastructure level

Question 6

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item.
-Budget

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the definition or appropriate example...

Question 7

_________________ describes the four P's: promotion, place, price, and product.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _________________ describes the four P's: promotion, place,...

Question 8

Name three common sources of health program funding.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Name three common sources of health program...

Question 9

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item.
-Fixed costs

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

The element of the service utilization plan that ensures that the program is provided to members of the intended audience is called queuing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A high degree of match between the capacity to provide the program or service and the demand for the program or service minimizes _________________ and the need for a wait list.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A high degree of match between the...

Question 12

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item.
-In-kind donation

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the definition or appropriate example...

Question 13

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item.
-Variable costs

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the definition or appropriate example...

Exam 7: Process Theory for Program Implementation

Eligibility for the National School Lunch Program is based on family income and the number of people in a family. Is this program a partial-coverage or full-coverage program and why?

What is the formula for determining the break-even number of clients that need to be served by StarCare's hospice program?

Outreach workers from the CeaseFire program spent a total of 500 combined hours with program participants during the first year of program implementation. This is an example of which service utilization output?

At which level of the public health pyramid would a social marketing plan be useful? Select all that apply.

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item. -Budget

_________________ describes the four P's: promotion, place, price, and product.

Name three common sources of health program funding.

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item. -Fixed costs

The element of the service utilization plan that ensures that the program is provided to members of the intended audience is called queuing.

A high degree of match between the capacity to provide the program or service and the demand for the program or service minimizes _________________ and the need for a wait list.

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item. -In-kind donation

What is the definition or appropriate example of the following item. -Variable costs