Module 4 Weekly Quiz #4

Question 1 5 / 5 pts What type of care is described as "end of life care"? Preventive Tertiary Home health rrect! Hospice Question 2 5 / 5 pts The term hospice care refers to a cluster of comprehensive services for terminally ill patients who have a life expectancy of 6 months or less. True False Question 3 5 / 5 pts Characteristics of the medical home strategy include multidisciplinary practice-based teams and coordinated care. True False Question 4 5 / 5 pts Going beyond the biomedical model to include social and behavioral sciences is a major front of development for community-oriented primary care True False Question 5 5 / 5 pts Which of the following is true in regards to health care today in the United States? There are more primary care physicians than specialty physicians. Outpatient care is slowly decreasing. There are more specialty physicians than primary physicians. Primary care receives a higher reimbursement in professional fees. Question 6 5 / 5 pts Few efforts related to utilization control factors have been used to reduce length of stay at hospitals. True Correct! False Question 7 5 / 5 pts The medical home model emphasizes having a primary care physician as a usual source of care and emphasizes team-based care. True False Question 8 5 / 5 pts Surgicenters are freestanding outpatient surgery centers that operate independently of hospitals. True False Question 9 5 / 5 pts

Telephone triage, hospice services, and home health care are all examples of a mobile health care facility. True False Question 10 5 / 5 pts Mortality is a measurement of secondary care prevention. True False Question 11 5 / 5 pts DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what? Admit a smaller number of Medicare patients than before Admit a greater number of Medicare patients than before Reduce the length of stay for hospitalized patients Admit new patients at a faster rate than before Question 12 5 / 5 pts Compared to general hospitals, specialty hospitals offer services that are clinically superior. True False Question 13 5 / 5 pts Who opened the first proprietary hospitals? Wealthy patrons Physicians Community foundations Trustees Question 14 5 / 5 pts When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately? When the board of trustees were composed of wealthy donors When physicians opened their own clinics When charitable contributions would not pay their bills When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical procedures that could not be offered at home Question 15 5 / 5 pts A large number of which of the following have closed because there was no need for separate institutions? Rural hospitals Children's hospitals Teaching hospitals Osteopathic hospitals Question 16 5 / 5 pts What triggered the downsizing phase in the U.S. hospital industry during the 1980s? Hill-Burton Act Managed care Prospective payment system Medicare and Medicaid Question 17 5 / 5 pts