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Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which statement about Medicare is correct?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Medicare uses diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) for hospital reimbursement, making (C) correct. It covers those 65+, not 60 (A is incorrect), and isn’t tied to welfare rolls (B is incorrect). It doesn’t cover all costs (D is incorrect).
Question 2 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 3 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 4 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.
Question 5 of 5
What percentage of total expenditures for health care in the U.S. is paid by private health insurance?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Historically, private health insurance covered about 32% of U.S. health expenditures in the late 1980s, aligning with data from that period.