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Public Health Final Test 2019
Preguntas del test (30)
1The proximal level determinants of health include:
- AProvision of and access to health services; alcohol and tobacco use; sufficient quality of food and water
- BEffective public health policy; income/ wealth; health education
- CPolitical environment; religion; social security
- DAll of the above answers are correct
2In what percentage is health care responsible for the health of population:
- A50-60%
- B20%
- C10-15%
- DNone of the above
3Who is the author of the following definition of public health: “organised
community effort to address the public interest in health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health”:- AC.E.A. Winslow
- BInstitute of Medicine (IOM)
- CD. Acheson
- DR. Beaglehole
4What belongs to ten great public health achievements worldwide in the period of 2001-2010, according to CDC:
- AReductions in child mortality; vaccine preventable diseases; access to safe water and sanitation
- BMalaria prevention and control; prevention and control of HIV/ AIDS; tuberculosis control
- CControl of neglected tropical disease; tobacco control; increased awareness and response for improving global road safety
- DAll the above answers
5Human Development Index (HDI) consists of the following components:
- ALongevity; education; income
- BInfant mortality rate; longevity; income
- CTotal fertility rate; education; life satisfaction
- DNone of the above
6The features of Beveridge model of health care systems:
- AThe source of funding is compulsory health insurance; earmarked premium paid by employers and employees
- BUniversal access to health care for all citizens based on residency
- CPredominantly public providers and governmental ownership
- DCorrect answer B and C
7Which European countries’ health care systems are based on Bismarck model:
- AAustria, France, Germany
- BUK, Denmark, Norway
- CItaly, Spain, Portugal
- DCorrect answers A and C
8Identify concerns in countries which health care systems are based on Beveridge
model:- ADue to demographic changes, the system needs to support a steadily increasing number of retirees who no longer pay into the system
- BDemographic changes are leading to increased burden on tax revenues, both
quantitative (increased number of old people) and qualitative (more expensive
healthcare services and technology) - CFinancial cutbacks by companies, caused by current economic crises, leading to a steep climb in the unemployment rate, and, as a result, fever employees who contribute
- DCorrect answers A and C
9Choose the correct statement regarding Polish health care system:
- AThe structure and organisation of Polish health care system has experienced significant
changes since 1999. It shifted from a centralised state financed system with a national health service apparatus to a decentralised mandatory health insurance system - BSince 2005, the stewardship, management and financing functions are shared between National Health Fund (NHF), Ministry of Health and territorial self-government
administration - CThe overall responsibility for the health care organisation, in which resources are
allocated and health care planned, belongs to the Ministry of Health - DAll above are correct
- AThe structure and organisation of Polish health care system has experienced significant
10Choose the correct statement regarding Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI):
- ASix subdisciplines are taken into calculation of the index: Patient rights and information; waiting times for treatment; outcomes; range and reach of services provided; prevention; and pharmaceuticals
- BThe maximum number of points is 1000, while the minimum possible score is 333
- CThe highest ranked countries in 2018 were Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway
- DAll of the above
11Health 2020 policy target 1 has three quantifications:
- AReduction of premature mortality from major NCDs; elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases; reduction of mortality from external causes
- BIncrease in life expectancy; reduction in the gaps in health status associated with social determinants; reduction of mortality from external causes
- CLife satisfaction; infant mortality; social support
- DNone of the above
12The total score of 8 points obtained on the Fagestrom Test for Nicotine. Dependence means:
- ALow nicotine dependence
- BModerate nicotine dependence
- CHigh nicotine dependence
- DVery high nicotine dependence
13One of the health indicators which “measures how long, on average, people would live based on a given set of age-specific death rates” is:
- AHealthy Life Years (HLY)
- BQuality Adjusted Life Years (QALY)
- CLife expectancy at birth
- DNone of the above
14The essential sources of health-related information include:
- AA decennial censur
- BContinuous monitoring of births and deaths with certification of cause of death
- CSurveillance and response system focused on epidemic and vaccine-preventable diseases as well as on emerging diseases
- DAll of the above
15What belong to the non-computer based physical data processing systems of hospital information system:
- ATelephones, pagers
- BDatabase servers
- CPersonal computers and printers
- DNone of the above
16One of four major categories of workplace health programs, health-related policies, can be defined as:
- AOpportunities available to employees at the workplace or through outside organisations to begin, change or maintain health behaviours
- BFormal or informal written statements that are designed to protect or promote employee health. They affect large groups of employees simultaneously
- CPart of an overall compensation package including health insurance coverage and other services or discounts regarding health
- DPhysical factors at and nearby the workplace that help protect and enhance employee health
17General Practitioner is the health insurance physician entitles to provide the following services for patients:
- ADiagnostics, including laboratory tests
- BReferrals to specialist health care services in outpatient clinic
- CReferrals to hospital treatment
- DAll above are correct
18Definition of Equality of Health by prof. Margaret Whitehead (1992):
- AThe presence of differences in health which are unnecessary, avoidable, unfair and unjust
- BThe lack of differences in health which are unnecessary, avoidable, unfair and unjust
- CSituation in which majority of a country citizens is in good health status
- DAll above answers are false
19Indicate the correct sentence:
- AThe equality in taking advantage of healthcare in EU is the fundamental right of citizens a given country
- BEveryone who needs the medical care should be treated equally, irrespective of income, race or special position
- CAll above answers are correct
- DAll above answers are false
20Indicate the correct sentence due to expenditures for patients with chronic diseases:
- A70% of expenditures regarding patients with chronic diseases devoted to prevention could enable to avoid the total sum of money spent for these patients
- BThe expenditures for prevention activities do not have a significant influence on curative medicine
- CFrom the Public Health point of view, we should take into consideration both: Medical cost and loss of economic productivity
- DAll above answers are false
21Well documented and modifiable risk factors of first ischemic stroke are:
- ASmoking
- BFamily history of stroke
- CAlcohol
- DHyperhomocysteinemia
22The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends against routine screening for carotid artery stenosis in adult population, which means it is:
- A“A” recommendation
- B“B” recommendation
- C“C” recommendation
- D“D” recommendation
23Basic models of financing medical staff in healthcare:
- ASalary, capitation, fee for service
- BContract, capitalism, fundholding
- CAll above are correct
- DAll above are false
24Indicate the correct sentence:
- AGlobal Domestic Product has no impact on the public expenditures on health
- BValue of percentage of Global Domestic Product has an impact on the public
expenditures on health - CCapitation and fee of service are not motivating systems for better quality of service
- DAll above are false
25Division of National Healthcare Budget:
- A60% for salaries, 40% for accommodation and medicines
- B40% for salaries, 60% for accommodation and medicines
- C50% for salaries, 25% for accommodation and 25% for medicines
- DAll above are false
26Medical certification, formulated by a physician, in a form of a medical opinion or certificate based on an evaluation of a patient’s health state, can be issues on the request of:
- AThat person (the patient)
- BThe relevant institution entitled to such a request (insurance company, working place)
- CAll above are correct
- DAll above are false
27Medical opinions/ certificates may be supplemented with various conclusions or opinions, resulting from this evaluation, e.g.:
- ATemporary disability to work, damage to one’s health
- BInability to cope on one’s own, granting disability pension
- CAll above are correct
- DAll above are false
28Medical opinions and certificates should:
- ABe based on up-to-date state of medical knowledge or grounded on relevant
documentation - BBe in accordance with the principles of medical deontology
- CAll above are correct
- DAll above are false
- ABe based on up-to-date state of medical knowledge or grounded on relevant
29Medical opinions/ certificates shall not be influenced by:
- ASocial and informal connections
- BGaining profits or benefits by a physician
- CAll above are correct
- DAll above are false
30. Elements of medical opinion:
- AFormal part, descriptive part and part including proper expert medical opinion with a reply to question(s) asked completed with their justifications
- BCase description and medical conclusions
- CWay of treatment and medical prognosis
- DAll above are false
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- cycle 1 Public health Test sobre Public Health Final Test 2019, creado por Elisabeth Haasen el 23/05/2022.
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