1)Identify the major factors that have resulted in the shift in utilization from inpatient hospitalization to ambulatory care services

1)Identify the major factors that have resulted in the shift in utilization from inpatient hospitalization to ambulatory care services. What are the implications of this shift for hospitals, consumers, and the health care delivery system as a whole?

2. Hospital emergency departments continue to be used as a source of primary medical care by large numbers of the community’s medically underserved population. What are the implications of this practice for the patients, and on health care costs and quality of care? What would you propose as a means to change this situation?

3. Some people support the role of public health departments in providing preventive and treatment services as necessary to fill gaps in the system for the medically needy. Others believe these services are more efficiently and effectively provided through private organizations. What is your position on this issue and why? (3pts)

Multiple Choice Questions :

1. The primary organizational mode of medical care in the United States, in terms of volume of services delivered, is:

2. Which of the following is not a principle of a patient-centered medical home practice?

3. A significant advance in the provision of hospital emergency department services occurred with the introduction of:

4. The predominant services of local public health departments today are:

5. The number of surgeries performed as ambulatory procedures significantly decreased the need for hospital admissions. The proportion of all surgical procedures performed in ambulatory facilities now exceeds:

6. In addition to providing primary and preventive care, federally supported community health centers also: