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6 Health Systems and Public Health Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

A health system combines prepaid funds so that people can share the costs of care across the population and over time. Which health-financing function is being used?

  1. A

    Revenue raising

  2. B

    Pooling

  3. C

    Purchasing

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: Universal health coverage is one specific financing model that every health system must adopt.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Written response
1 point

A health system collects money through taxes, insurance contributions, direct patient payments, or external aid. What is this financing function called?

04
Choose one
1 point

Which activity is primarily a population-level public health service rather than a personal health service?

  1. A

    Monitoring disease patterns across a community

  2. B

    Diagnosing an individual patient

  3. C

    Providing rehabilitation to a patient

  4. D

    Treating an individual patient's condition

05
True or false
1 point

True or false: People may be unable to receive a health service even when a program formally exists, for example because of distance, cost, or limited clinic hours.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

06
Fill in the blank
1 point

Complete both clauses about how services are arranged: handle many first-contact and ongoing needs, while provide more complex care.

07
Written response
1 point

Which health-system building block sets priorities, makes policy, regulates organizations and products, and oversees accountability?

08
Choose all
1 point

Which activities can health information systems support? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Supporting patient care

  2. B

    Monitoring population health

  3. C

    Planning health services

  4. D

    Evaluating health-system performance

  5. E

    Pooling prepaid funds

09
Fill in the blank
1 point

A health system includes organizations, people, resources, and actions whose main purpose is to .

10
Choose all
1 point

Which are examples of community-wide activities identified among the CDC's 10 Essential Public Health Services? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Monitoring population health

  2. B

    Investigating health hazards

  3. C

    Communicating health information

  4. D

    Building partnerships

  5. E

    Evaluating public health efforts

  6. F

    Setting individual patients' insurance premiums

11
Choose one
1 point

A health system wants to know whether an overall average is concealing gaps in access or outcomes. Which approach would best help identify those gaps?

  1. A

    Report only a single national average

  2. B

    Track the total number of clinics without comparing populations

  3. C

    Compare service access and outcomes across income, age, or location groups

  4. D

    Count only the number of health workers

12
Choose one
1 point

Which types of private organizations may provide care or insurance in a health system?

  1. A

    National and local governments

  2. B

    Private nonprofit and for-profit organizations

  3. C

    Public hospitals only

  4. D

    For-profit organizations only

13
Open ended
1 point

A community clinic begins seeing patients with a communicable disease, while public health teams are monitoring a possible increase in cases. Explain how clinical care and public health have complementary roles in this situation and describe specific ways they could coordinate.

14
Choose one
1 point

A health system tracks whether patients complete referrals from primary care to specialist services. Which performance domain does this measure assess?

  1. A

    Structure

  2. B

    Process

  3. C

    Outcome

15
Choose one
1 point

Why can pooling prepaid health funds help protect an individual who needs costly care?

  1. A

    It ensures that every service is available in every location.

  2. B

    It removes the need to decide how providers are paid.

  3. C

    It shares costs across people and over time.

  4. D

    It guarantees that all health spending is paid through taxes.

16
Written response
1 point

A health system uses records to support patient care, monitor population health, and plan services. Which WHO building block does this describe?

17
Choose one
1 point

Which activity is primarily a population-level public health service?

  1. A

    A clinician adjusts a treatment plan for one patient.

  2. B

    A public health team investigates a cluster of illness in a community.

  3. C

    A hospital schedules a patient's follow-up visit.

  4. D

    A pharmacist explains how an individual should take a prescription.

18
True or false
1 point

True or false: Universal health coverage is a single financing model that every health system must use.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

19
Written response
1 point

A health authority uses pooled funds to pay clinics for the services they provide. Which health-financing function is this?

20
Choose one
1 point

A region wants its first-contact services to support prevention, involve communities, and refer patients to specialized care when needed. Which approach best fits this goal?

  1. A

    It connects first-contact care with prevention, community engagement, and referral.

  2. B

    It replaces the need for specialist and hospital services.

  3. C

    It focuses only on treatment after a person becomes ill.

  4. D

    It is limited to services delivered by national government agencies.