ATI RN
Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following health measures has the greatest potential for prevention of disease in the U.S.?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Immunization has the greatest potential for disease prevention in the U.S. due to its proven effectiveness in controlling infectious diseases like measles and polio, impacting large populations efficiently.
Question 2 of 5
Guidelines for effective patient education and counseling include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Effective patient education requires multiple strategies tailored to the patient, not a single strategy (D is the exception). All other options are standard components of effective counseling.
Question 3 of 5
All the following statements about the resource-based Relative Value Scale (RVS) are correct EXCEPT
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The RVS aims to adjust physician reimbursement, not hospital reimbursement (A is incorrect). It increases primary care payments (B), decreases surgical payments (C), aligns somewhat with Canadian models (D), and encourages more patient time (E).
Question 4 of 5
Following a nuclear war, survivors would be threatened by both increased frequency and increased lethality of infectious diseases. Which of the following factors would increase the lethality of infections?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Radiation’s immunosuppressive effects would directly increase infection lethality by weakening immune responses, making (C) the most significant factor.
Question 5 of 5
Principal findings of the United States Preventive Services (USPS) Task Force include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The USPS Task Force recommends tailored screening based on risk, not uniform application (E is the exception). All other findings align with its reports.