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- FOR THE SOUTHAM HEALTH PACKAGE HYPERTEXT
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- │ HEALTH PACKAGE QUIZ - Copyright 1991 - Southam Inc. │
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- ┌───QUESTION ONE────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Medicare is a Canadian health care system that is: │
- │ 1) About to be replaced by a totally user pay system │
- │ 2) Universal but extremely expensive and endangered │
- │ 3) A revenue generating proposition │
- │ 4) Only available in the Maritime Provinces │
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- That's right. Canada spends about $60 billion a year on health care.
- Sorry. The correct answer was #2.
- <01health> ......... For information about Canada's health care
- ┌───QUESTION TWO────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ The federal government helps pay for health care via: │
- │ 1) Transfer payments and tax transfers to each province │
- │ 2) Direct funding of provincial hospitals │
- │ 3) Negotiating directly with medical associations │
- │ 4) None of the above │
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- Very good. In 1989-90 the feds kicked in 37 per of the health budget
- Too bad. It does it via transfer payments and tax transfers
- <03health> ......... For information about Canada's health care
- ┌───QUESTION THREE──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Revolving door medicine occurs when: │
- │ 1) Patients return to doctors repeatedly for minor ills │
- │ 2) Doctors process as many patients as possible │
- │ 3) Nurses continually quit hospital jobs │
- │ 4) Doctors leave Canada and move to the U.S. │
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- Excellent. Critics of doctors say they see more patients than they should.
- Nice try but the right answer was #2
- <06health> ......... For information about doctors and health costs.
- ┌───QUESTION FOUR───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Across the country people are seeking medical attention: │
- │ 1) Much less than in the last decade │
- │ 2) About the same as they always have │
- │ 3) More frequently than ever before │
- │ 4) Only when absolutely necessary │
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- Good! Use of medical services has grown 42 per cent in the last decade.
- Sorry. We use medical services more often than ever before.
- <08health> ......... For information about patients' use of system
- ┌───QUESTION FIVE───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ 70 to 80 per cent of medical technology: │
- │ 1) Is used appropriately by Canadians │
- │ 2) Hasn't been fully evaluated for safety, cost or benefit │
- │ 3) Has proven reliable, cost-effective and beneficial │
- │ 4) Is easy to understand and develop │
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- Excellent! There's no government review of 95 per cent of new devices.
- Nope. The technology is often not fully evaluated.
- <10health> ......... For information about medical technology
- ┌───QUESTION SIX────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ The National Health in Britain is: │
- │ 1) working better now than it ever has │
- │ 2) a sinkhole for government funds │
- │ 3) funded by the British government at an adequate level │
- │ 4) chronically underfunded │
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- Good answer. Canada spends almost double per capita on health care.
- Sorry. The answer was #4.
- <12health> ......... For information about the National Health
- ┌───QUESTION SEVEN──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ The number of U.S. citizens without health insurance is: │
- │ 1) 34 million │
- │ 2) Everyone in the U.S. has a health insurance plan │
- │ 3) 17 million │
- │ 4) None of the above │
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- Very good. That's almost 15 per cent of the population.
- Not this time. The answer is 34 million.
- <13health> ......... For information about the U.S. health system
- ┌───QUESTION EIGHT──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ The duties and responsibilities of nurses: │
- │ 1) Have an equal standing with that of doctors │
- │ 2) Are established by law throughout the country │
- │ 3) Vary according to time of day and location │
- │ 4) None of the above │
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- Great. Northern nurses often take on tasks normally done by doctors.
- Too bad. Circumstances often dictate a nurse's responsibilites.
- <19health> ......... For information about nurses' roles
- ┌───QUESTION NINE───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Holistic or alternative medical treatments are: │
- │ 1) often more effective than traditional medicine │
- │ 2) a morass of untested and often useless treatments │
- │ 3) accepted by mainstream medicine │
- │ 4) most often performed by registered doctors and nurses │
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- Nice work! Holistic practioners usually are not legitimate physicians
- Sorry. Most holistic treatments are not effective
- <26health> ......... For information about holistic medicine
- ┌───QUESTION TEN────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Which is true: │
- │ 1) The poor of society are often the healthiest │
- │ 2) Universal health care has meant universal health │
- │ 3) There is a strong co-relation between poverty and health │
- │ 4) Poor diet and lack of housing are not linked to health │
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- Excellent. Problems of diet, housing and social support are key
- Sorry. The poor often face ill-health and insufficient care
- <28health> ......... For information about poverty and health
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