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Future Economic Needs of the US Healthcare System Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which action would be the least expensive approach to treating chronic diseases?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The five leading causes of death and illness can be positively affected by changes in lifestyle. Healthy lifestyles can modify or even prevent most chronic illnesses. Seeking care at a neighborhood health clinic, producing media campaigns, and engaging in self-therapies are all more expensive approaches to treating chronic diseases than choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Question 2 of 5
Which was a major change after Medicare began a prescription drug benefit?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: As with other health care services, once a funding source has been established, usage and costs increase. Thus, the number of prescriptions ordered increased. For 2016, the U.S. expenditure for pharmaceuticals was about 10% of health care expenditures, and these expenditures continue to rise.
Question 3 of 5
Which action would help decrease the total health care costs in the United States?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The billions of dollars spent on health care and struggles for control between providers, consumers, and health care organizations have increased the risk of fraud and abuse. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) estimates that health care fraud costs the U.S. tens of billions of dollars annually. Thus, decreasing the fraud and abuse in the system would have the largest impact over any of the other proposed actions.
Question 4 of 5
Which best describes how the federal government determines which projects are awarded special funding for health care?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Allocation of federal resources is based on societal priorities, such as Healthy People 2020. Legislative priority, priority within health care organizations, and priority within individual states are not as important for federal funding as the societal priorities outlined in Healthy People 2020.
Question 5 of 5
Which best describes the health care services that are provided by philanthropic groups?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Philanthropic funding, whose services are typically research or disease oriented, pays a limited amount of health care. Services are limited to the specific disease or population of interest. Informational and research activities constitute the majority of services provided although some give direct care or meet ancillary needs such as housing, transportation, or wigs. Legislative lobbying and special services are not the primary health care services provided by philanthropic groups.