Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States?

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HCA 501
Health Care in America
Text: Delivering Health Care in America
Fourth Edition, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780763745127, ISBN-10:076374512X
Authors:
Leiyu Shi and Douglas A. Singh
Publisher:
Jones & Bartlett Learning

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. When providers deliver unnecessary services with the objective of protecting themselves against lawsuits, this practice is called
defensive medicine
supplier-induced demand
primary protection
legal risk
2. Reimbursement is associated with which of the quad functions?
Financing
Insurance
Delivery
Payment
3. Which central agency manages the health care delivery system in the United States?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Commerce
None
4. National health care programs in other countries often use which of the following mechanism to control total health care expenditures?
Third parties
Capitation
Global budgets
A si ngle-payer system
5. In the United States, who does not generally have access to basic and routine medical services?
People who need catastrophic care
Those eligible only for public programs
The uninsured
Those without private health insurance
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6 .Which country utilizes socialized health insurance for employees?
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Australia
7. All of the following are main elements of the systems framework EXCEPT:
system inputs
system foundations
system structure
system processes
8. Deontology asserts:
That no one has a duty to do what is right
That it is society’s duty to do what is right
That it is an individual’s duty to do what is right
None of the above
9. Utilitarianism emphasizes:
Happiness and welfare for the poor
Happiness and welfare for the deserving
Happiness and welfare for the rich
Happiness and welfare for the masses
10. Supply-side rationing is also referred to as:
Nonprice rationing
Price ration i ng
Both a…