Florence Nightingale

Who is credited with being the founder of nursing and making it a crucial part of the health care delivery process?

Hippocrates

Who is considered the father of modern medicine?

Blood and Bandages

According to historical accounts, what did the red an d the white color scheme of he poles outside barber shops represent to show the availability of health care?

Demographic

Personal characteristics about a given population such as age, race, and gender are considered____________ data.

Medical Model

Which health care model dictates that illness or disease requires treatment?

Health is a continual process dependent on the optimal functioning of multiple aspects of a person’s life.

What is the basic idea of the wellness model?

The usual baseline level of a particular disease.

What is the meaning of the term endemic?

Pandemic

A sudden increase in the number of reported cases for a particular disease spreading over a large geographical area is known as a(n);

The Department of Health and Human Services.

Which federal agency oversees the health care and public health of the United States?

1965

In which year was the Social Security Act established, which brought both Medicare and Medicaid coverages to people of the United States?

health insurer

Which is an example of a third-party payer?

premium

Alex pays a fixed amount to his insurance company each month. This is known as the policy’s

pre-existing

Per the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies must cover individuals with _________________ conditions.

Universal health care

What is the common term for government health care that would pay for the medical needs of all Americans?

Which party funds and finances health care in a single-payer model?

A public agency

What is a disadvantage of the single-payer model from the standpoint of a provider

A physician would likely be paid less and have no choice of insurers to work with

What is a benefit of a single-party payer for society

National expenditures on health care would decrease

Until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there had not been a pandemic that affected the United States since the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918.

False

An example of bioterrorism is the deployment of a “dirty bomb.”

False

Morbidity statistics refer to the amount of disease in a population

True

Health care in the United States has shifted from the prevention and treatment of contagious diseases like tuberculosis and influenza to the prevention and treatment of diseases such as cancer, drug abuse, and heart disease.

True

since the novel COVID-19 spread over many countries and continents, it is considered an endemic.

False

Health care costs are generally lower when preventative care is practiced

True

Uninsured people are less likely than those with insurance to receive preventive care and/or services for major health conditions and chronic diseases.

True

The goal of the Affordable Care Act was to improve the quality of health care by compensating providers at a higher level in order to attract better and more skilled medical personnel to the field.

False

Under the Affordable Care Act, children are able to stay on their parents’ health care insurance policy until age 26, even if they do not live with their parents.

True

Some people in countries with a single-payer system experience significant wait times for specialized care.

True