Question: The Cochrane Group
Answer Choices:
a. provides systematic literature reviews on key health issues
b. is an NGO that is solely committed to cutting health care overutilization
c. provides opinions to the public on drug abuse and smoking cessation
d. is a group of fascists
Answer: a. provides systematic literature reviews on key health issues
Question: A woman is 14 weeks pregnant with her first baby. She asks how long it will be before she feels the baby move. The best answer is:
Answer Choices:
“You should have felt the baby move by now.”
“Within the next month or so, you should start to feel fluttering sensations.”
“The baby is moving; however, you can’t feel it yet.”
“It will be several months before the baby begins to move.”
Answer: “Within the next month or so, you should start to feel fluttering sensations.”
Question: Assuming that a market is perfectly competitive and in a state of equilibrium, which of the following statements is always true when the price changes?
Answer Choices:
a. Consumer surplus increases., b. Consumer surplus decreases., c. Producer surplus decreases., d. Social welfare decreases., e. Producer surplus increases.
Answer: b. Consumer surplus decreases.
Question: HIPAA was passed into law in 1996. DHHS has provided further rules and regulations known as the Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules. In spite of all these additional rules, HIPAA still does not pertain to Electronic Health Records. Is this Statement True or False?
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: “Tabling legislation” is defined as
Answer Choices:
a. a change or an addition to a current law or piece of legislation.
b. the process by which implementation agencies set detailed rules and regulations for the application of laws.
c. an action undertaken by Congress to postpone consideration of legislation.
d. when the President receives a bill passed by Congress and allows it to lapse at the end of a legislative session.
Answer: c. an action undertaken by Congress to postpone consideration of legislation.
Question: Which of the following statements about private health foundations is not true?
Answer Choices:
a. They conduct health policy research.
b. They often advance health policy through funding research.
c. They can make policy.
d. The Pew Charitable Trusts is an example of a private health foundation.
Answer: c. They can make policy.
Question: During the pandemic, all COVID health policies came from the CDC and NIH because of the severity of the health emergency.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: As compared with the citizens of other OECD countries, how many more Americans are obese?
Answer Choices:
a. 50% more
b. 100% more
c. Two times more
d. Three times more
Answer: c. Two times more
Question: The 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) created a merit-based payment system for physicians treating Medicare patients and promoted a shift from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance models.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plays a significant role in health policy implementation.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The election cycle often restrains politicians from adopting a comprehensive solution for health problems.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
Answer Choices:
a. The definition of protected health information as part of its Privacy Rule
b. National standards for the secure use of electronic healthcare information
c. Specifications for administrative, physical, and technical security safeguards
d. All of the above are correct
Answer: d. All of the above are correct
Question: The optimal level of output may be defined as that level of output where:
Answer Choices:
a. the marginal benefit of the last unit purchased equals its marginal cost., b. marginal benefit exceeds marginal cost by the greatest amount., c. average benefit exceeds average cost by the greatest amount., d. it is impossible to define optimal in any meaningful way., e. total benefit equals total cost.
Answer: a. the marginal benefit of the last unit purchased equals its marginal cost.
Question: Even in the US, approximately, what percent of medical care is purchased through insurance, government programs or other third party insurers?
Answer Choices:
a. 100, b. 60, c. 90, d. 50, e. 75
Answer: c. 90
Question: The #1 preventable Cause of Death in the US is
Answer Choices:
a. Smoking
b. Substance abuse
c. Gun violence
d. a sedentary lifestyle
Answer: a. Smoking
Question: What % of the US population live in areas designated as “rural”?
Answer Choices:
a. 7%
b. About 20%
c. 14%
d. 97%
Answer: b. About 20%
Question: The key reasons the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) was initiated by CMS was to encourage physician cooperation with quality and cost-cutting initiatives in Medicare.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Since 1950, U.S. health care spending has grown from an average of 4.5 percent of GDP to an estimated forecast of ___ percent of GDP in 2020.
Answer Choices:
a. 10, b. 25, c. 12, d. 18, e. 5
Answer: d. 18
Question: The dead-weight loss from an excise tax:
Answer Choices:
a. is of little concern to policy makers since all excise taxes are โsinโ taxes., b. is the difference between consumer surplus and producer surplus., c. is the lost surplus that results from higher prices and lower output resulting from the tax., d. is greater if demand is perfectly inelastic., e. is caused by a shift in consumer preferences when the tax is raised.
Answer: c. is the lost surplus that results from higher prices and lower output resulting from the tax.
Question: Which of the following does NOT contribute to wasteful spending in medical care?
Answer Choices:
a. Excessive administration costs, b. Fraud and abuse, c. Price transparency, d. Overtreatment, e. Lack of coordination of care
Answer: c. Price transparency
Question: America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) represents over 1,000 health insurance companies. Their formal policy position is against universal coverage in the US.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False