Public policy is now attempting to direct the medical system toward ____.
a. disease prevention
b. illness treatment
c. chronic disease management
d. complementary and alternative therapies
Q. 2People with low health literacy are less likely to be hospitalized.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 3What best describes an overarching goal of the health agenda Healthy People 2020?
a. supporting financial incentives for chronic disease treatment
b. creating physical environments that promote good health for all
c. assigning a treatment role to the health care model
d. increasing per capita spending on managing functional health impairments
Q. 4Differences in the ability to read and understand materials related to personal nutrition and health appear to contribute to health disparities.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5The International Classification of Diseases was written to guide decision making in areas of moral conflict and to outline the obligations of the practitioner to self, client, society, and the profession.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 6Most people have sufficient health literacy.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 7The United States spends less than 5 of all dollars directed toward health care on public health and disease prevention.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false