COHP 101 – Assignment 1
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Questions
Chapter 1:
1.
The U.S. health care system is quite complex. Many
individuals and organizations are involved in health care.
Using your textbook, list two (2) examples of
organizations or individuals involved in U.S. health care
delivery:
1. Physicians
2. Optometrists
2.
Name the four (4) basic functional components of the U.S.
health care delivery system.
1. Financing
2. Insurance
3. Delivery
4. Payment
3.
The U.S. government finances health benefits for certain
special populations.
A. What insurance program is designed for the
indigent which is jointly funded by state and
federal governments?
B. What insurance program is administered by the
A. Medicaid
B. Medicare
nations is that the U.S. health care systems is not
administratively controlled by a department or central
agency.
Therefore, the U.S. health care delivery systems does not
operate using a ______________ budget to control costs.
incentives.
What type of health care services are addressed by Public
Health programs such as immunizations and prenatal care?
