Health Care Management Finance Quiz

According to the National Institute for Health Care Management: Understanding U.S. Health Care Spending article, which of the following are correlated with the rising obesity rates in the U.S.? (Select all that apply)

Question 1 options:

• Increase in other chronic health conditions
• Increase in the determinants of health
• Increase in health spending
• Decrease in provider visits

Question 2

As of 2009, national health expenditures in the U.S. were approximately what percentage of the Gross Domestic Product?

Question 2 options:

• 14.9%
• 16.0%
• 17.6%
• 19.2%

Question 3

According to figures from the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), how much was spent on health care in the U.S. in 2009?

Question 3 options:

• $1.25 trillion
• $2.5 trillion
• $3.75 trillion
• $5.0 trillion

Question 4

Which of the following have contributed to the increases in the cost of health care? (select all that apply)

Question 4 options:

• New medical technology
• Growing rates of obesity
• Perverse provider reimbursement mechanisms (i.e. fee-for-service)
• Expanded insurance coverage
• The practice of defensive medicine

Question 5

Comorbidities require less sophisticated coordination of care.

Question 5 options:

• True
• False

Question 6

According to “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” redesigning the healthcare system involves which of the following:

Question 6 options:

• Evidence-based care
• Effective use of information technology
• Paying higher salaries to clinicians
• All of the above
• None of the above
• Both a and b

Question 7

The Institute of Medicine Committee specified a blueprint for a health care delivery systems in the 21st century that will result in an ideal system if followed.

• True
• False

Question 8

According to the Institute of Medicine, Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care article, historically, some of the factors that influenced whether someone was uninsured included:

Question 8 options:

• Ethnicity
• Marriage status
• All of the above
• None of the above
• Both a and b