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Question 1 

• Anxiety Disorders include 
• Panic Disorder 
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 
• Anxiety Disorders and phobias 
• All of the above 
• Question 2 
• Approximately 1 million American adults, or about 0.1 percent of the population age 20 and younger in a given year, have schizophrenia 
• True 
• False 
• Question 3 
• Autism affects an estimated 1 to 2 per 1,000 people. Is about four times more common in boys than girls 
• True 
• False 
• Question 4 
• Fill in the blank: In reference to the supply of physicians, the number of physicians in the United States has increased rapidly in the last four decades, with an estimated _________active nonfederal physicians 
• 945,684 
• 845,000  
• 845,684 
• 855,684 
• Question 5 
• Long-term care is defined as health, mental health, residential or social support provided to a person with functional disabilities on an informal or formal basis over an extended period of time with the goal of maximizing the person’s independence. 
• True 
• False                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Question 12
• Men with depression are less likely to suffer from depression than women, 3 to 4 million men in the United States are affected by the illness.
• True 
• False   
• Question 13
• One of the greatest challenges of long-term care is that there is no single organized formal delivery system. 
• True
• False  
• Question 14
  Private health insurance is generally more restrictive in coverage of mental illness than in cover-age for somatic illness
  True
  False     
• Question 15
  The main types of eating disorders
  anorexia nervosa
  bulimia nervosa
  binge- eating disorder
  A and B only
  All of the above             
• Question 16
  Which of the following is/are examples of long-term care? 
• A young man with schizophrenia lives in sheltered housing, with financial assistance provided through a public housing voucher program and medication or counseling assistance available from an on-site staff when needed. 
• A child with cerebral palsy attends a special needs classroom in a public school, with therapy available on-site, and her parents care for her when she is at home. 
• An 85-year-old recovering from a broken hip receives meals on wheels during the week and relies on her daughter for meals over the weekend. 
• An elderly couple, one of whom is blind from advanced glaucoma and one of whom is crippled with severe arthritis, uses a money-management service from a local community agency to pay their bills since neither can write a check.
• All of the above
• Question 17
  Women with depression experience depression about twice as often as men
  True
  False 
• Question 18
• Ambulatory care services form the network for the distribution of what has become the core of health care services in the United States
• True 
• False          
• Question 19
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  Among the many complexes and long-standing issues facing the nation’s health care system are the uninsured and underinsured populations.
  True
  False   
• Question 20 
• Ethical Issues in Organization of Services, Which of the following is/are True? 
• The principal ethical imperative in the organization of health services is that services be organized and distributed in accordance with health needs and the ability to bene?t.
• The development of various forms of managed care—health maintenance organizations, prepaid group practices, preferred provider organizations, and independent practice associations—raise an- other set of ethical questions.
• The ethical issues in managed care are illustrated most sharply by the question of who decides what is medically necessary: the physician or others, the disease management program, the insurer, the employer, or the state legislature
• A and B only 
• A, B and C                              
• Question 21
• Health administration has ethical consequences that may be overlooked because they appear ethically neutral: organization, staf?ng, budgeting, supervision, consultation, procurement, logistics, records and reporting, coordination, and evaluation.
• True
• False      
• Question 22
  In reference to Ethical Issues in Assuring Quality of Care: If a public health ethic requires fair and equitable distribution of medical care, then it is essential that waste and inef?ciency be eliminated. Spending scarce resources on useless medical acts is a violation of a public health ethic
  True
  False               
• Question 23
• In reference to Ethical Issues in Economic Support, Which of the following is/are true? 
• Nowhere is the public health ethical perspective clearer than on issues of economic support. 
• It is imperative that everyone in the population has equitable access to health care services with dignity, so as not to discourage necessary utilization; in most cases, this means universal health insurance coverage
• . From a public health perspective, ?nancial barriers to essential health care are inappropriate.
• Economic disparity in society is a public health ethical issue related to justice. From a public health point of view, the economic resources to support health services should be fair and equitable
• All of the above
• Question 24
• In reference to the future of the Pharmaceutical Industry, which of the following is/are True?
• The pharmaceutical industry, which also encompasses biotechnology and medical device companies, faces numerous challenges for the future. 
• Many pharmaceutical products face complex pricing issues that will fundamentally affect the pro?tability of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
• The United States, Western Europe, select Asian nations (an expanding membership group), and other countries that conduct most of the research that produces new drugs invest in these efforts with the expectation of being paid back through product sales, and pro?ts.
• The issue of advertising, marketing, and distribution expense is another area subject to public debate. For many drugs, about one-third of revenue is spent on advertising and promotion 
• All of the above                  
• Question 25
  Management involves planning, administration, regulation, and legislation
  True
  False           
• Question 26
  OVERARCHING PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES, which of the following assumptions is/are TRUE?  
• Provision of care on the basis of health need, without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or ability to pay
  Equity in distribution of resources, giving due regard to vulnerable groups in the population (ethnic minorities, migrants, children, pregnant women, the poor, the handicapped, and others)
  Respect for human rights—including autonomy, privacy, liberty, health, and well-being—keeping in mind social justice considerations
  A and C Only
  All of the above       
• Question 27
• The continued evolution of health insurance plans and the development of new forms of managed care have largely been evolutionary rather than revolutionary processes.
• True 
• False            
• Question 28
  Which of the following diseases challenge United States?  
• Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. 
• Most types of cancers, certain infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS, and in?uenza, accidents, injuries and violence, mental illness, and emerging diseases 
• The threats accruing from potential terrorist’s actions, new forms of virulent disease or the outbreak of previously dormant diseases, and even potential unknown and undetermined threats lurk in the future. 
• Recent epidemics and threats including SARS, avian bird ?u, hemorrhagic fevers, and a host of endemic infectious diseases 
• All of the above