Accountability means which of the following?

Approximately how much did the average household in the U.S. spend out of pocket on health care in 2012, not including health insurance premiums?

Which managerial function involves comparing actual results with objectives to enable mid-course corrections and provide a measure of success or failure?

A cardiologist would like to have the capability to continuously track in real time via the Internet the heart rates and rhythms of patients at risk for heart attack. Which of the following innovations in health care would permit this?

Which of the following, according to the authors, is the key driver of potential change in the health system?

Medicare Part A provides which of the following benefits?

Which payment approach, established in the Affordable Care Act, is a new version of managed care in which consumers trade freedom of provider choice for more coordination of care and lower copayments?

Which nation spends more on health care as a percentage of its gross domestic product than any other?

Which of the following is a “people skill” needed for managerial competency?

Who makes most of the decisions about which health care services an individual consumes?