The Holistic Truth
Does our healthcare system focus on a holistic or medical model?
medical
True or False: There is a central governing agency of our health care system
false
Does the US spend more or less on healthcare compared to other developed countries?
More
True or False: there are 3 recognizable historical periods in the US healthcare system
False- there are 4
Describe what is meant by a Holistic approach to healthcare?
Focusing on the whole person
Name a country that has a National healthcare system
Canada, UK
Explain what an enrollee is...
Someone under an insurance policy
Name 1 of the historical periods of healthcare
Postindustrial
Corporate era
Reform era
Give an example of an Alternative health practice
aromatherapy, yoga, herbal medicine
True or False: our healthcare system is financed both privately and publicly
True
Compared to other developed countries, does the US have worse or better health outcomes overall?
Worse
What do the red and white stripes on a Barber pole refer to?
Blood and bandages
Give one example of an acute illness and chronic disease
Flu; cancer
Healthy people are ___ -year plans...
10 year
True or False: Legal risks play little in influencing practice behaviors
False
What was the first medical school in the US?
University of Pennsylvania
Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (1986) requires that hospitals do what?
screen, evaluate, and treat patients, regardless of ability to pay
Explain why we as Americans desire a free market/market justice...
Freedom of choice, less government involvement
Explain why advances in technology cause a problem in our healthcare system
Growth in technology creates
demand for new services, despite
shrinking resources
Technology includes successful
interventions but is overused
What report was based on the inspection of medical schools, finding widespread inconsistencies in medical education?
Flexnor report