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Public Health Final Test 2019

Question 1 of 30

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The proximal level determinants of health include:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Provision of and access to health services; alcohol and tobacco use; sufficient quality of food and water

  • Effective public health policy; income/ wealth; health education

  • Political environment; religion; social security

  • All of the above answers are correct

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

1

In what percentage is health care responsible for the health of population:

Select one or more of the following:

  • 50-60%

  • 20%

  • 10-15%

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

Who 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”:

Select one or more of the following:

  • C.E.A. Winslow

  • Institute of Medicine (IOM)

  • D. Acheson

  • R. Beaglehole

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

1

What belongs to ten great public health achievements worldwide in the period of 2001-2010, according to CDC:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Reductions in child mortality; vaccine preventable diseases; access to safe water and sanitation

  • Malaria prevention and control; prevention and control of HIV/ AIDS; tuberculosis control

  • Control of neglected tropical disease; tobacco control; increased awareness and response for improving global road safety

  • All the above answers

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

1

Human Development Index (HDI) consists of the following components:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Longevity; education; income

  • Infant mortality rate; longevity; income

  • Total fertility rate; education; life satisfaction

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

1

The features of Beveridge model of health care systems:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The source of funding is compulsory health insurance; earmarked premium paid by employers and employees

  • Universal access to health care for all citizens based on residency

  • Predominantly public providers and governmental ownership

  • Correct answer B and C

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

Which European countries’ health care systems are based on Bismarck model:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Austria, France, Germany

  • UK, Denmark, Norway

  • Italy, Spain, Portugal

  • Correct answers A and C

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

1

Identify concerns in countries which health care systems are based on Beveridge
model:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Due to demographic changes, the system needs to support a steadily increasing number of retirees who no longer pay into the system

  • Demographic changes are leading to increased burden on tax revenues, both
    quantitative (increased number of old people) and qualitative (more expensive
    healthcare services and technology)

  • Financial 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

  • Correct answers A and C

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

Choose the correct statement regarding Polish health care system:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The 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

  • Since 2005, the stewardship, management and financing functions are shared between National Health Fund (NHF), Ministry of Health and territorial self-government
    administration

  • The overall responsibility for the health care organisation, in which resources are
    allocated and health care planned, belongs to the Ministry of Health

  • All above are correct

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

1

Choose the correct statement regarding Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI):

Select one or more of the following:

  • Six 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

  • The maximum number of points is 1000, while the minimum possible score is 333

  • The highest ranked countries in 2018 were Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

1

Health 2020 policy target 1 has three quantifications:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Reduction of premature mortality from major NCDs; elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases; reduction of mortality from external causes

  • Increase in life expectancy; reduction in the gaps in health status associated with social determinants; reduction of mortality from external causes

  • Life satisfaction; infant mortality; social support

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

The total score of 8 points obtained on the Fagestrom Test for Nicotine. Dependence means:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Low nicotine dependence

  • Moderate nicotine dependence

  • High nicotine dependence

  • Very high nicotine dependence

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

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One of the health indicators which “measures how long, on average, people would live based on a given set of age-specific death rates” is:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Healthy Life Years (HLY)

  • Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY)

  • Life expectancy at birth

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

1

The essential sources of health-related information include:

Select one or more of the following:

  • A decennial censur

  • Continuous monitoring of births and deaths with certification of cause of death

  • Surveillance and response system focused on epidemic and vaccine-preventable diseases as well as on emerging diseases

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

1

What belong to the non-computer based physical data processing systems of hospital information system:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Telephones, pagers

  • Database servers

  • Personal computers and printers

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

One of four major categories of workplace health programs, health-related policies, can be defined as:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Opportunities available to employees at the workplace or through outside organisations to begin, change or maintain health behaviours

  • Formal or informal written statements that are designed to protect or promote employee health. They affect large groups of employees simultaneously

  • Part of an overall compensation package including health insurance coverage and other services or discounts regarding health

  • Physical factors at and nearby the workplace that help protect and enhance employee health

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

General Practitioner is the health insurance physician entitles to provide the following services for patients:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Diagnostics, including laboratory tests

  • Referrals to specialist health care services in outpatient clinic

  • Referrals to hospital treatment

  • All above are correct

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

1

Definition of Equality of Health by prof. Margaret Whitehead (1992):

Select one or more of the following:

  • The presence of differences in health which are unnecessary, avoidable, unfair and unjust

  • The lack of differences in health which are unnecessary, avoidable, unfair and unjust

  • Situation in which majority of a country citizens is in good health status

  • All above answers are false

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

Indicate the correct sentence:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The equality in taking advantage of healthcare in EU is the fundamental right of citizens a given country

  • Everyone who needs the medical care should be treated equally, irrespective of income, race or special position

  • All above answers are correct

  • All above answers are false

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

1

Indicate the correct sentence due to expenditures for patients with chronic diseases:

Select one or more of the following:

  • 70% of expenditures regarding patients with chronic diseases devoted to prevention could enable to avoid the total sum of money spent for these patients

  • The expenditures for prevention activities do not have a significant influence on curative medicine

  • From the Public Health point of view, we should take into consideration both: Medical cost and loss of economic productivity

  • All above answers are false

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

Well documented and modifiable risk factors of first ischemic stroke are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Smoking

  • Family history of stroke

  • Alcohol

  • Hyperhomocysteinemia

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends against routine screening for carotid artery stenosis in adult population, which means it is:

Select one or more of the following:

  • “A” recommendation

  • “B” recommendation

  • “C” recommendation

  • “D” recommendation

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

1

Basic models of financing medical staff in healthcare:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Salary, capitation, fee for service

  • Contract, capitalism, fundholding

  • All above are correct

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

1

Indicate the correct sentence:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Global Domestic Product has no impact on the public expenditures on health

  • Value of percentage of Global Domestic Product has an impact on the public
    expenditures on health

  • Capitation and fee of service are not motivating systems for better quality of service

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

Division of National Healthcare Budget:

Select one or more of the following:

  • 60% for salaries, 40% for accommodation and medicines

  • 40% for salaries, 60% for accommodation and medicines

  • 50% for salaries, 25% for accommodation and 25% for medicines

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

Medical 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:

Select one or more of the following:

  • That person (the patient)

  • The relevant institution entitled to such a request (insurance company, working place)

  • All above are correct

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

1

Medical opinions/ certificates may be supplemented with various conclusions or opinions, resulting from this evaluation, e.g.:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Temporary disability to work, damage to one’s health

  • Inability to cope on one’s own, granting disability pension

  • All above are correct

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

1

Medical opinions and certificates should:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Be based on up-to-date state of medical knowledge or grounded on relevant
    documentation

  • Be in accordance with the principles of medical deontology

  • All above are correct

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

1

Medical opinions/ certificates shall not be influenced by:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Social and informal connections

  • Gaining profits or benefits by a physician

  • All above are correct

  • All above are false

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

1

. Elements of medical opinion:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Formal part, descriptive part and part including proper expert medical opinion with a reply to question(s) asked completed with their justifications

  • Case description and medical conclusions

  • Way of treatment and medical prognosis

  • All above are false

Explanation

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