Ch.2 Test Bank Docx Hospitals And The Health Care Industry

Chapter 2: Hospitals and the Health Care Industry

True or False Questions

1. Hospitals offer an intangible product that is not easily packaged or classified to be sold.
   1. True
   2. False
2. The basic definition of a hospital involves providing services clustered around observation, diagnosis and treatment.
   1. True
   2. False
3. Vertical integration in healthcare involves consolidation, mergers, acquisitions, or alliances among several competitive or cooperative hospitals.
   1. True
   2. False
4. Regulations provide broad guidelines that are used to create specific procedures within a system.
   1. True
   2. False
5. The main focus of HITECH was to develop a national health information technology infrastructure.
   1. True
   2. False
6. Finance and accounting represent a negligible portion of health care.
   1. True
   2. False
7. Academic medical centers are generally the same as other community hospitals in terms of size and number of service lines offered.
   1. True
   2. False

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a major classification of Hospitals according to the American Hospital Association?
   1. General
   2. Specialty
   3. Rehabilitation
   4. Psychological
2. Which of the following is a characteristic of a community hospital?
   1. Only organized as a for-profit operation
   2. Teaching focus with larger size
   3. Operated to serve federal health beneficiaries such as the Veterans Administration
   4. Focused on short-term stays for a specific episode of care
3. The search for cost savings of key resources and supplies and for better management of goods and services in the physical supply chain is responsible for creating job opportunities for analysts and professionals interested in a wide number of fields, including:
   1. Nursing
   2. Logistics
   3. Food services
   4. Health policy development
4. Which of the following are contemporary policies impacting healthcare operations?
   1. The Health Insurance Payment Act of 1992
   2. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009
   3. The Medical Waste Treatment Act of 2006
   4. The Nursing Adequacy Act of 2001
5. Business planning and performance improvement in hospitals includes areas such as:
   1. Infrastructure support
   2. Organizational development and training
   3. Performance benchmarking
   4. Telecommunication optimization
6. Describe the characteristics that define a hospital.
7. Differentiate between healthcare polices and regulations.
8. Discuss how the mission of a hospital differs from other types of organizations.