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Title: Essentials of the U.S. ealth Care System

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Most DOs are specialists and most MDs are generalists
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

2: The health care sector of the US economy continues to grow due to
	A: a growth in population
	B: aging of the population
	C: both a and b
	D: none of the above

3: The physician's role is to
	A: evaluate a patient's health condition
	B: only prescribe medications to patients
	C: diagnose abnormalities
	D: A and C

4: A doctor of osteopathy emphasizes
	A: preventive and holistic medicine
	B: active intervention to counteract disease
	C: herbal treatments only
	D: foreign medicine

5: Specialists must
	A: do additional years of advanced residency training and practice in specialty
	B: seek certification in an area of medical specialization only
	C: graduate from only medical school
	D: A and B

6: The differences between primary and specialty care are by the time, focus, and scope of services provided to the patients.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

7: Why is there an imbalance and maldistribution of physicians?
	A: aggregate physician oversupply
	B: geographic maldistribution
	C: specialty maldistribution
	D: all of the above

8: Which answer is not a negative consequence of specialty maldistribution?
	A: high volume of intensive, expensive medical services
	B: Specialist services have less impact in improving overall health status
	C: Access Problems by the underserved
	D: More predictable hours and higher prestige for specialists

9: Physicians are more likely to concentrate in rural and inner-city areas than metropolitan,suburban areas
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: Which answer does not belong to the four main categories of nurses?
	A: Clinical nurse specialists
	B: Nurse Practitioners
	C: Technicians
	D: Certified Nurse Midwives

11: Advanced Practice Nurses have attained education and training beyond the RN level
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: What are the values of NPP services?
	A: Improve access to primary care
	B: better communication and interviewing skills than physicians
	C: provide mediocre services at a less expensive price
	D: A and B

13: Allied Health Professionals constitute
	A: 60% of US Health Care Workforce
	B: 10% of US Health Care Workforce
	C: 90% of US Health Care Workforce
	D: 40% of US Health Care Workforce

14: Physical therapists and occupational therapists are considered
	A: technicians and assistants
	B: nurses
	C: doctors
	D: physician assistants

15: A health services administrator job is to
	A: prevent patients from receiving the best medical care
	B: organize, coordinate, and manage health care services delivery
	C: increase health care expenditure
	D: decrease the oversupply of physicians in metropolitan areas

16: Nonphysician Practitioners practice in many of the areas in which physicians practice and also have an MD or DO degree
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

17: Maldistribution refers to
	A: an even distribution of health providers in a given area
	B: a surplus of health providers in a given area
	C: a shortage of health providers in a given area
	D: B and C

18: Specialty care tends to be limited to
	A: illness episodes
	B: organ system
	C: disease process
	D: all of the above

19: To alleviate the maldistribution problem, which of the following has been done?
	A: Financial support for family medicine programs
	B: Expansion of nurses' roles
	C: Decrease financing of medical training for physicians in rural areas
	D: A and B

20: Pharmacists do not need a state license to dispense medicines prescribed by physicians
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

21: Which type of doctor encounters the greatest proportion of ambulatory care visits?
	A: General/family practice
	B: OBGYN
	C: Internal medicine
	D: Pediatrics

22: Psychologists need _______ to practice
	A: PhD
	B: PsyD
	C: both PhD and PsyD
	D: either one

23: Health Services administrators can only work if they have a Master of Business Administration
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

24: Which acts increased federal support of nursing education after WWII?
	A: Nursing Training Act of 1964
	B: Health Manpower Act of 1968
	C: Homeland Security Act
	D: A and B

25: An advanced-practice nurse needs to have an education and clinical experience
	A: as much as a RN
	B: less than a RN
	C: more than a RN
	D: does not need any education

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