Which of the following is a true statement regarding health care costs in the U.S.?
a. Only a small amount of health care dollars is spent on prevention
b. A primary contributor to the rapidly rising cost of health care is AIDS
c. The Medicare funding crisis is largely a result of the growing use of nursing homes for elderly people
d. The cost of prescription medicines contributes only a small amount to the total expenditures for health care
Question 2
Social workers in health care settings perform all of the following functions except:
a. conducting screenings and assessments and offering services such as individual counseling related to illness or death
b. providing case management services
c. representing the hospital in the broader social work community
d. making primary decisions about the scope and extent of medical services provided to patients
Applying developmental theory to care
Ten hallmarks of emotional health
Use and care of the stethoscope
The Increasing Cost of Health Care, 1960–2010
Rapidly decreasing sequence costs have enabled the rapid expansion
Ecological model for environmental health