Chapter 07

Chapter 7: Hospitals Quiz

Test your knowledge of the hospitals chapter material!

1 / 10

Who would make a good source for a hospital story?

Hospital union leaders

A professor of health policy

All of these

A former hospital administrator

2 / 10

True or false: Many hospitals are larger than local governments – in spending and in employees – yet receive far less media attention.

False

True

3 / 10

_______ is the gold standard for assessing a hospital’s overall finances.

An IRS Form 990

An audited financial statement

A SEC document

A bond rating report

4 / 10

True or false: Hospitals cannot manage stock and bond portfolios.

False

True

5 / 10

True or false: Numbers-only stories carry the most impact when reporting on hospitals.

True

False

6 / 10

What information can you find on the IRS Form 990?

A hospital’s community benefit spending

Board members whose firms get work from the hospital

Salaries and benefits for top executives

All of these

7 / 10

True or false: Hospitals earn most of their revenues from patient care.

False

True

8 / 10

The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) _____________.

is the nation’s leading group of health reporters.

has little resources.

All of these

receives its funding from hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

9 / 10

These documents can help illuminate more aspects of for-profit hospitals.

Bond rating reports

SEC documents

IRS Form 990

Audited financial statements

10 / 10

True or false: Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to do charitable things for the community in return for their tax-free status.

False

True

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