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The primary functions of a health system include the following, EXCEPT: a.. Child health care, maternal health care, treatment of HIV b.. Emergency obstetric care, maternal health care,

Chapter 5 Testbank

Global Health 101, 2nd Edition

Richard Skolnik

1 According to the WHO, what is a health system?

a A system between hospitals and clinics where patients are treated

b All actors, institutions, and resources that undertake health actions

c A system to connect different levels of healthcare services

2 The primary functions of a health system include the following, EXCEPT:

a Carry out basic science research

b Provide health services

c Raise money that can be spent on health, referred to as “resource generation”

3 Health services generally expected to be included at the primary level in low-income

countries are:

a Child health care, maternal health care, treatment of HIV

b Emergency obstetric care, maternal health care, child health care

c Maternal health care, family planning, diagnosis and treatment of TB

4 The health system of which country comes closest to being a national health service in

which the government organizes, manages, and provides health services?

a Brazil

b United States

c Costa Rica

5 In which of the following countries would you expect out-of-pocket

expenditure to be

the highest share of total health expenditure:

a Costa Rica

b Cuba

c Nepal

6 Which of the following is the only high-income country to have more than 50%

of

total expenditure in the private sector?

a United Kingdom

b United States

c Switzerland

7 The following are significant challenges with health systems in low- and middleincome

countries, EXCEPT:

a How to provide health care at an appropriate level of quality

b How to deal with an abundance of skilled health care workers

c The creation of mechanisms to provide the poor with protection from the costs of health services

8 A key challenge for human resources for health in low-income countries

includes:

a A concentration of staff in the capital city and large urban areas

b How to deal with high staff salaries

c How to train more physicians to be physician/scientists

9 Which of the following is an important epidemiological and demographic issue that

faces health systems?

a The aging of populations and higher burden of communicable diseases

b The increase in youth populations and higher burden of communicable diseases

c The aging of populations and higher burden of non-communicable diseases

10 The following are steps that can be taken to improve the effectiveness

and efficiencyof weaker health systems in low- and middle-income countries, EXCEPT:

a Improve the procurement of drugs and supplies

b Concentrate more on the provision of specialized surgery

c Strengthen emergency obstetric care

11 The components of a health system would include the following,

EXCEPT: a Health providers

b Public health laboratories

c The general tax system

12 According to WHO, the building blocks of a health system include

the following,

a Human resources for health

b Higher education

c Health technology, equipment, supplies, and materials

13 Which of the following health services are generally expected to be included at

the

primary level in low-income countries?

a Child health, maternal health, and basic surgery

b Maternal health, child health, and TB control

c Advanced emergency care, TB control and the control of malaria

14 In which country would you expect out-of-pocket expenditure to be a

higher share of

a France

b Costa Rica

c Pakistan

15 The health system of which country comes closest to being a national health service

in which the government organizes, manages, and provides health services?

a Argentina

b Cuba

c Germany