Allied health I Chapter 2 - Health Care Systems

1. Insurance plans vary in the amount of payment and the type of services covered.

• True

• False

2. Medicare is a medical assistance program for individuals with low incomes and individuals who are physically disabled or blind.

• True

• False

3. The health care industry employs more than 17 million workers in over 200 different health careers.

• True

• False

4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is concerned with the causes, spread, and control of diseases.

• True

• False

5. Voluntary or nonprofit agencies are supported by donations, membership fees, and federal or state grants.

• True

• False

6. A proprietary hospital is a nonprofit hospital that relies on government funding.

• True

• False

A long-term care facility designed to provide services to patients who need rehabilitation to recover from a major illness, treatment for cancer, dialysis for kidney disease, or heart monitoring is called a/an ____.

• nursing or geriatric home

• assisted living facility

• extended care facility

• independent living facility

The main type of care provided by hospice is ____ care.

• prophylactic care

• palliative care

• nursing care

• rehabilitative care

The Medicare coverage that assists with payment for hospital services and care is ____.

• type A

• type B

• type C

• type D

The agency sponsored by the United Nations that compiles statistics on disease and publishes health information is the ____.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)