1.LTC insurance is only beneficial to the elderly.
True or False?
2. Which facility-based LTC provider allows one to "age in place?"
a) ALFs b) Nursing home care c) Skilled nursing facilities d) CCRCs
3. The ultimate goal of hospice care is to help people who are dying have peace, comfort, and dignity.
True or False?
4. The Affordable Care Act had two key provisions related to hospice care. They mandate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services:
a) reform where hospice care is provided and establish quality reporting requirements for hospice providers
b) change the expected life expectancy requirement for hospice eligibility to 12 months and reform where hospice care is provided
c) establish requirements that doctors must talk to patients about end-of-life care and change the expected life expectancy requirement for hospice eligibility to 12 months
d) reform Medicare's payment system for hospice care and establish quality reporting requirements for hospice programs
5. A hospice patient is expected to live ____.
a) 6 months or less
b) 12 months or less
c) 3 months or less
d) 2 years or less
6. When it comes to taking medication, kids are just like small adults.
True or False?
7. Number of major pharmaceutical companies across the globe:
a) 81,000
b) 200
c) 20
d) 12
8)The combination of over-the-counter and prescription medications can be responsible for drug-to-drug interactions.
True or False?
9) In the US, what percent of healthcare dollars are spent on prescription drugs?
a) 3%
b) 18%
c) 12%
d) 7%
10) Total retail sales for prescription drugs in US:
a) $3.76 billion
b) $48.5 billion
c) $227.5 billion
d) $810 million