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Which of the following cost control measures primarily involves determining how health care technology is distributed and who can access high-tech medical services?  

In the Framework to Study Vulnerable Populations, how do ‘need characteristics’ differ from predisposing and enabling characteristics?  

Hospitals need certification, a license, and want accreditation.  Why does a hospital want certification? To be able to record an answer via video, do the following: 1.  Click on add media   (9 icons from left) 2.  Click Upload/Record media- click record media 3.  Click on record – may be audio or video 4.  Record your answer.  Should be ONE minute or less 5.  Click SAVE 6.  You can listen to your audio recording, then SAVE or START OVER 7.  If you click SAVE you are finished with this question    

A major function of primary care is to coordinate the delivery of health services.  This means:

Describe the characteristics of primary care.  How does this differ from secondary and tertiary care.  Include examples of primary care as well as secondary and tertiary care. To be able to record an answer via video, do the following: 1.  Click on add media   (9 icons from left) 2.  Click Upload/Record media- click record media 3.  Click on record – may be audio or video 4.  Record your answer.  Should be ONE minute or less 5.  Click SAVE 6.  You can listen to your audio recording, then SAVE or START OVER 7.  If you click SAVE you are finished with this question    

Managed care in the U.S. places primary responsibility for cost containment on the private sector.Which of the following statements about the effects of managed care on cost, access, or quality is NOT accurate?  

If you were one of the first people to have health care provided by an MCO, you would likely have:

Hospitals face complex ethical challenges in the delivery of care. Two central principles in healthcare ethics are beneficence and nonmaleficence. Define each of these terms, and then explain how they apply to hospital-based care. In your response, provide at least one real-world or hypothetical example for each term to illustrate their practical application in clinical decision-making. To be able to record an answer via video, do the following: 1.  Click on add media   (9 icons from left) 2.  Click Upload/Record media- click record media 3.  Click on record – may be audio or video 4.  Record your answer.  Should be ONE minute or less 5.  Click SAVE 6.  You can listen to your audio recording, then SAVE or START OVER 7.  If you click SAVE you are finished with this question    

Why did MCOs receive backlash from consumers and providers in the later half of the 1990s? How did that impact the effectiveness of MCO objectives?  (please answer both parts of the question) To be able to record an answer via video, do the following: 1.  Click on add media   (9 icons from left) 2.  Click Upload/Record media- click record media 3.  Click on record – may be audio or video 4.  Record your answer.  Should be ONE minute or less 5.  Click SAVE 6.  You can listen to your audio recording, then SAVE or START OVER 7.  If you click SAVE you are finished with this question

Community Health Centers funded by federal and state funds, grants, and Medicaid serve a significant population of rural and inner-city areas to provide a wide range of family oriented primary care and preventative services.  When evaluating the quality of these services: