HSCI710 Quiz Healthcare Workforce

Question 1

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Real-time two-way video communication and rapid transmission of electronic health records are encouraging improvements in which of the following?

Telemedicine

Medical imaging

Diagnoses

Primary care visits

Question 2

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2026 the health professions will account for how many U.S. jobs?

Half of all jobs

A third of jobs

Almost 1 in 11 jobs

A quarter of jobs

Question 3

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Which of the following has been proposed as a solution to problems in the “silo approach” to educating health professionals?

More selective admissions policies in medical schools

A narrower gap between education cost and expected earnings

Interprofessional education and practice

Incentives to choose primary care rather than a specialized field

IncorrectQuestion 4

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It is a well-known fact that higher education does not lead to better patient care and that higher education increases cost for students and the healthcare system.

True

False

Question 5

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Healthcare workforce planning in the United States is mostly left to

A centralized federal system

The private sector and local government agencies

State and local planning boards

Individual health care employers

Question 6

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Which are some current shortcomings of health workforce planning in the United States? Select all that apply.

It overestimates the demand for new health care workers

It is usually tied to current care delivery models

It treats each health professional independently

It counts too many support and administrative workers as health care workers

Question 7

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In what way can it be said that the expansion of insurance coverage under the ACA exacerbated the shortage of primary care providers?

The ACA skewed the geographic distribution of U.S. health professionals

The ACA led to a surge in demand for health services overall

The ACA mandated a larger role for nonphysicians and allied health workers

The ACA encouraged medical students to choose specialties over primary care

Question 8

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What percent of health workers are employed in licensed occupations?

10%

25%

50%

75%

Question 9

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Which of the following is an example of the push toward increasing educational standards in health care?

The adoption of Doctor of Pharmacy as the only accredited pharmacy degree

Accelerated education programs for nursing

Six-year programs combining B.S. and M.D. programs

Three-year medical education programs

PartialQuestion 10

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Which of the following are expected to help solve shortages of primary care physicians? Select all that apply.

Integrated models of primary care delivery

Expanded roles for non-physician health professionals

Health workforce planning models

Effective use of information technology

Question 11

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In hopes that allied health care students from rural areas will decide to stay and work in the area, many rural health care programs recruit and train such students in a strategy called

Performance-based payment

Grow your own

Interprofessional practice

Patient-centered medical home model of care

IncorrectQuestion 12

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The need-based approach to establishing a targeted number of health care providers attempts to align future workforce needs with which of the following?

The realities of budgeting

Actual demand in the labor market

A desired level of service

The number of non-physician health professionals

Question 13

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Which of the following is the stated purpose of scope-of-practice regulation and licensing?

Cost savings

Consumer protection

Recruitment

Increased professionalism

Question 14

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Financial incentives paid to health care organizations to encourage focus on models of care that increase quality at a reasonable cost are called

Bundled payment programs

Performance-based payment programs

Fee-for-service programs

ACO programs

Question 15

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Which of the following are primary reasons for the increased demand for behavioral health care services? Select all that apply.

Behavioral health is generally not well integrated with primary care services

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires mental health and substance abuse benefits to be on a par with those for medical and surgical care

There is a national shortage of behavioral health providers and low growth in the number of trainees

The ACA included mental health care as an essential benefit in all health care plans offered on the state insurance exchanges

Question 16

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Traditionally, health professional students receive didactic training

True

False

Question 17

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Two fundamental shortcomings of workforce planning are that it is usually tied to current delivery models and it treats each health professional independently.

True

False

Question 18

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Healthcare work shortages and increasing wages have led many policy experts to advocate for the roles of non-physicians and allied health workers in care delivery.

True

False

Question 19

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In 2016, compensation for the 16.4 million jobs in the U.S. health care industry accounted for what percent of total health care spending?

Under 20%

About 30%

Nearly 50%

About 60%

Question 20

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Which of the following is the largest health care occupation in the United States?

Registered nurses

Insurance billing specialists

Physicians

Pharmacy technicians

Question 21

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Which of the following is a reason more medical students do not choose to become primary care physicians?

The course of study is too difficult for many students

The course of study is too difficult for many students

The earnings of most primary care physicians are lower than those of specialists

Medical students do not really understand what primary care physicians do

Question 22

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Which of the following medical professions requires formal postsecondary education but not a degree?

Licensed practical nurse

Dental hygienist

Clinical laboratory technician

Radiology technician

Question 23

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Which of the following are arguments put forth by those who oppose increasing the education standards for health professionals? Select all that apply.

There is no evidence that higher educational requirements lead to better patient care

Higher levels of education increase costs for students and the health care system

Efforts would be better spent incentivizing more students to go into primary care

Stricter educational requirements will lead to a job shortage in health care

Question 24

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Healthcare workforce planning models are designed to account for the variety of ways in which teams are structured.

True

False

Question 25

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The establishment of fixed nurse-to-patient ratios and preferred shifts based on tenure are among the goals of

Health workers’ unions

Licensing organizations

Medical schools

Hospital administrators