Chapter 09 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Chapter 09 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

Multiple Choice

1. Long-term care is best described as:

1. home-based care for physically disabled adults and children
2. hospital stays lasting more than 30 days
3. services provided in both home and institutional settings for persons of all ages with varying levels of medical, social, and personal care needs
4. community-based services for the frail elderly

Ans.:  C

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2. Which of the following societal factors increases the need for formal long-term care services?

1. women working outside the home
2. high divorce rates
3. smaller family size
4. all of the above

Ans.:  D

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3. The US history of institutional long-term care began with:

1. family-based care for the sick and infirm in their own homes
2. communal care settings operated by charitable community members and government supported almshouses
3. state-supported asylums
4. military hospitals to care for wounded and sick soldiers

Ans.:  B

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4. The development of formal home care services, such as those provided by the Visiting Nurses Association originated as:

1. a means to promote urban children’s immunization against infectious diseases
2. a service to the wealthy who wished to receive care in their homes, rather than institutions
3. a social response to improve unhealthy living conditions of immigrants residing in crowded urban tenements and prevent the spread of infectious diseases
4. local health departments’ response to the needs of elderly residents living alone

Ans.:  C