Exam 7: Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges

The type of insurance that shifts the largest percentage of costs for goods and services to employees and consumers is _____________ insurance.

Which industrialized countries have a national health insurance system? (Select all that apply.)

In the triad of health care, which would be considered the third-party payer?

A patient is upset because her health insurance plan refused to pay for a mammogram and services by a women's health specialist because the primary care physician did not order the referral or the mammogram. Which type of insurance plan adheres to this type of payment system?

The precise classification of clients according to the highest diagnosis-related group (DRG) has created a new role for nurses, known as a _____ nurse.

Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) have attempted to reduce health care costs by decreasing:

A client who is reading a newspaper asks, "This article about health care states that many providers of health care lack effectiveness. What is the difference between effectiveness and efficiency?" The nurse explains that: