Population Health Henderson Ch.6 Complete Test Bank

Chapter 6: Population Health

Multiple Choices

1. Kindig and Stoddart (2003) defined population health as “Health outcomes of an entire population, including the distribution of such outcomes within a group of individuals.”
2. Which of the following is not the World Health Organization (WHO) index to measure health system performance:
3. Disability-adjusted life expectancy
4. Morbidity
5. Health disparities
6. Responsiveness
7. Fairness
8. Which of the following is not part of the three dimensions of health care delivery known as the “Triple Aim”:
9. Improving patients experience of care
10. Improving the health of the population
11. Expanding health insurance
12. Reducing the per capita costs
13. Mortality rate and morbidity are the most popular metrics used to evaluate population-based health outcomes.
14. From 2001 to 2011 life expectancy for the total U.S population increased from:
    1. 75.3 - 79.0 years
    2. 77.2 - 81.4 years
    3. 78.7 - 81.4 years
    4. 77.2 - to 78.7
15. Whites have experienced an increase in life expectancy that is more than twice that of blacks.
16. B. False
17. Which ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the U.S?
18. Blacks
19. Hispanics
20. Whites
21. People with higher income are less likely to have better health outcomes and have higher mortality rate.
    1. False
22. The rate at which members of a group are newly diagnosed with a disease is called:
    1. Mortality rate
    2. Morbidity rate
    3. QOL
23. Teen pregnancy is a concern among public health officials and policy makers because of the follow associated problems except:
    1. Low birth weight
    2. Preterm deliveries
    3. Poverty
    4. Risk of infant mortality
24. Obesity prevalence in the United States is the highest in the developed world and has worsened since the 1960s.
25. The United States has the highest rate of low-birth-weight infants than other developed countries.
26. Perinatal mortality is defined as late fetal death plus deaths in the first____after birth.
    1. 10 days
    2. 15 days
    3. 30 days
    4. 45 days
27. On average, smokers cut 10 years off their life expectancies due to smoking.
28. One of the reasons that women live longer than men in most societies is that:
    1. Women exercise more than men
    2. Women eat healthier than men
    3. Men smoke more regularly than women
29. Alcohol consumption can cause premature death and play a significant role in all violent crime, but in some individuals, moderate consumption can have some health benefits including:
    1. Higher life expectancy
    2. Higher HDL type Cholesterol
    3. Better health outcomes
    4. All of the above