NursingNursing PracticeConcepts for Nursing PracticePractice Set 8Health Care Economics
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What do the economics of health care include?
Medicare and Medicaid dollars
Patients' rights
Equal distribution of health care
Nurse salaries
A student asks the instructor about health care economics. The instructor knows the student understands when the student makes which statement?
"The elderly population uses most of the health care services."
"Everyone should have health insurance to obtain services."
"Health care dollars should be partitioned by the government."
"Resources will be needed to serve health care issues."
The US health care system is different from that of other countries in which way?
The US charges money from the private sector only.
US health care is funded from private organizations.
The US health care system is not entirely government funded.
The US health care treats the older person first.
Which of the following statements is true about health care in the US?
The US spends more money on health care than any other nation.
The US provides health care to every citizen.
The US relies on government funding to treat most citizens.
The US spends less money on pediatric care than other nations.
Two nurses are discussing health care in the past and the present. The two nurses know which to be true about health care in the present?
Health care in the present is mostly provided by nurses.
Health care in the present is controlled by third party payers.
Health care in the present is controlled by physicians.
Health care in the present is dictated by the patient.