Assignment:
Answer the following questions:
Question 1. Consumers of medical care are most likely to be involved in which of the following initiatives?
Pricing
Services offered
Provider selection
Credentialing decisions
Question 2. A public service announcement about the importance of vaccinations would be an example of which of the following strategies?
Public relations
Education
Lobbying
Marketing
Question 3. _____ mandate(s) employer-based insurance coverage.
Managed systems
Administered systems
Consumer-driven competition
Oligopolistic competition
Question 4. _____ oversee(s) licensure of foreign-trained providers.
Managed systems
Administered systems
Consumer-driven competition
Oligopolistic competition
Question 5. A ______________ offers both care management functions as well as insurance.
Question 6. Universal health coverage in a competitive market system usually relies heavily on ___________________.
Question 7. How does capitation work?(essay question)
Question 8. Why can lowering barriers to moving in and out of coverage can problematic?(essay question)
Question 9. When physicians form limited liability partnerships or corporations, they are usually protected against all malpractice claims. T/F?
Question 10. Health care providers who partner with community hospitals often do so with the hope of influencing the impact of cost cutting.T/F?
Question 11. By and large, the federal government subsidizes health care through direct investments.T/F?
Question 12. In the Canadian model, universal coverage is managed by each individual province.T/F?