Exam 8: Economic Influences

A nurse is providing care to a child whose parents do not receive health insurance as an employee benefit and who do not have the financial resources to pay for health care out of pocket. Which of the following resources should the nurse recommend to the family?

A nurse would like to help members of the community focus on receiving primary preventive health care services. Which of the following interventions should be implemented by the nurse? (Select all that apply.)

Which person is most likely to be uninsured?

Which of the following must a nurse be knowledgeable about to make decisions regarding the most cost-effective way to allocate health care resources?

Which of the following individuals would most likely experience a barrier when accessing health care?

Which of the following caused health care providers to begin to focus on individual infections and trauma in the 1900s in the United States?

Which of the following criterion is now used for deciding the amount of the reimbursement before care is provided?

Which of the following groups pays the largest amount for health care in the United States today?

Which of the following is most closely correlated with poor health?

A public health nurse is counseling a client who is trying to determine if a health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization (PPO) will provide the better health care coverage. Which of the following best describes one main difference between these two types of coverage?

Which of the following demographic factors is expected to have the greatest influence on national health care spending?

A client expresses concern that health care coverage based on capitation may have negative side effects. Which of the following would most likely be a consequence of capitation?

Which of the following best explains how the government inadvertently encourages low-income persons to use emergency departments as their primary care provider?

Which of the following payment systems tries to keep clients healthy through education and health promotion, with the goal of reducing the need for professional health care intervention and therefore also lowering cost?

Of the four main factors that affect health, which is the least important?

A Medicare recipient has elected to pay a monthly premium for Medicare that will cover expenses such as laboratory services and equipment. Which of the following best describes this part of Medicare?

Which of the following terms describes when a nurse practitioner receives a set monthly payment to take care of a group of clients regardless of the services needed and provided?

A pregnant teenager has approached a nurse asking about ways to improve the health outcomes for her and her unborn child. Which of the following statements would be most appropriate for the nurse to make?

Which of the following services would be covered under Medicare Part A?

Which of the following best explains why clients who have Medicaid have poor health outcomes? (Select all that apply.)