Test Bank International Health System Issues and Chapter 16

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Chapter 16

Multiple Response

1. Regardless of economic status, nearly every country is faced with growing problems with which medical conditions?

[1] Obesity

[2] Addiction

[3] Chronic disease

[4] Mental illness

<Answer: 1, 3>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 133>

Fill-in-the-Blank

2. In developing countries, the lack of resources to fight ___________________ is due to the historical allocation of healthcare services to infectious disease.

<Answer: noncommunicable disease>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 133>

Multiple Choice

3. Which of the following has become a pandemic across most countries?

[1] Heart disease

[2] Mental illness

[3] Obesity

[4] Addiction

<Answer: 3>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 133>

Multiple Response

4. Those with chronic conditions often find that care is poorly coordinated regardless of the healthcare system. Which countries reported the greatest satisfaction with care coordination?

[1] United States

[2] United Kingdom

[3] Switzerland

[4] Germany

<Answer: 2, 3>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 134>

Fill-in-the-Blank

5. With more complicated patient populations worldwide, there is a greater need for _______________ or central providers to coordinate care and provide interventions for complex populations.

<Answer: medical homes>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 134>

True/False

6. The most common connotation of scaling up of international health is the expansion of international health interventions but it can also imply the expansion of financial, human, and capital resources to increase healthcare coverage of the populations considered.

<Answer: True>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Common Health Issues Across Countries>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 134>

Multiple Choice

7. Which of the following set the stage for considering financing issues for universal coverage in health systems worldwide?

[1] Affordable Care Act

[2] World Health Report 2010

[3] Healthy People 2020

[4] Social Security Act

<Answer: 2>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Reform Models>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 134>

Multiple Response

8. Which of the following are the core components of universal coverage included in the assessment performed by Chisholm and Evans?

[1] Depth of coverage

[2] Scope of coverage

[3] Breadth of coverage

[4] Height of coverage

[5] Length of coverage

<Answer: 1, 3, 4>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Reform Models>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 135>

True/False

9. In general, the highest performing low- to middle-income countries considered are those with the most established efforts at delivering universal coverage to their populations.

<Answer: True>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Reform Models>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 136>

True/False

10. Across the world, societies are grappling with similar health conditions such as the reduction of incidence and prevalence of infectious disease only to see a surge in the number of chronic conditions that are associated with an increasingly aged or overweight population.

<Answer: True>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Summary>

<Subject: Chapter 16, Page 136>