New Dimensions in Women's Health, Fourth Edition

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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: Which of the following ways do Health Maintenance Organizations cut costs?
	A: by restricting members to groups of doctors who have agreed to provide their services at a set cost
	B: by reimbursing health care providers on a fee-for-service system
	C: by limiting reimbursement for medical expenses incurred on certain days of the week
	D: all of the above

2: Together, which of the two following categories accounted for more than half of all health care expenditures in 2006?
	A: hospital care, and physician and clinical services
	B: prescription drugs and dental services
	C: prescription drugs and nursing homes
	D: dental services and home health care

3: Medicare Part D provides:
	A: outpatient services to some Medicare recipients.
	B: inpatient services to all Medicare recipients.
	C: discounts in prescription drug costs to some Medicare recipients.
	D: discounts in prescription drug costs to all Medicare recipients.

4: Ron doesn't have health insurance. As a result, he is more likely to _______ than someone who has health insurance coverage.
	A: be in a more advanced disease state when he receives health care
	B: have less access to health care services
	C: be hospitalized more often
	D: all of the above

5: Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?
	A: Economically disadvantaged women tend to have fewer options regarding health care than middle- and upper-class women.
	B: In most households, men continue to make the majority of decisions about health care.
	C: Preventative health services for women have dramatically reduced the cost and harm of many diseases
	D: Women are more likely than men to go without health care because they can't afford to pay for it.

6: The average American woman lives _____ years longer than the average American man.
	A: 1
	B: 2
	C: 5
	D: 11

7: Which of the following statements is true?
	A: The majority of residents living in assisted care facilities are men.
	B: Women who provide care for aging family members are generally healthier than women who do not provide such care.
	C: Elderly women who need nursing home care can protect their life savings by participating in Medicaid.
	D: Women who are caregivers for sick or disabled family members are more likely to be depressed than non-caregivers.

8: A benefit cap of a health insurance policy would be of the most concern to:
	A: a healthy, 24-year old woman looking for inexpensive health coverage
	B: a 49-year old man with a chronic liver condition requiring extensive hospital treatment
	C: a 71-year old man who has difficulty paying for his drug prescriptions
	D: a 36-year old self-employed mother of two

9: When HMOs shortened the discharge period for delivering mothers to 24 hours from 48 hours, newborn visits to emergency rooms and hospital readmissions increased by 75%
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: In the United States, most private health insurance plans are offered and subsidized by the federal government.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: Despite original expectations, preventive health care services have not curtailed the incidence or severity of many diseases in the United States.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: The majority of residents in long-term care facilities are men.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: Katherine Swartz and other health economists have found that many Americans have sporadic health coverage, having insurance for some but not all months in a given year.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: What is the United States health care system based on?
	A: Third-party payer
	B: Out of pocket payer
	C: Private payer
	D: Premium payer

15: Generic drugs are far more expensive than brand-name drugs because they are chemically equivalent.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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