Virtual State of the Science Conference
Telerehabilitation Policy Issues and Research Tools
November 20, 2008


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Post-Test True or False Questions

1. Depending on resolution of reimbursement and other issues, public policy can be either a complementary or an incompatible framework for telerehabilitation. 
True   		False	
 2.  Because the percentage of the population that is disabled and has chronic disease increases sharply with age, the number of persons needing health care assistance because of disability is projected to increase dramatically.

      True   		False	                                                           
3.  People with disability are an underserved population with larger-than-average health services utilization.                                                                                                                                                

      True   		False	
      
4.  Practitioners have long recognized the potential contributions that telehealth could make to equitable access to services, especially to rural and remote populations.                                  
      
      True   		False	
5.  Telehealth refers to the use of paper-based information and land-line telephone technologies to support clinical healthcare, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.                                                                                                                                       

      True   		False	
6.  Wide variations in populations served, location, organizational models, technology and clinical protocols for telemedicine create challenges for the design of research studies that have relevance in the “real world.”                                                                                                                                     
      True   		False	

7.  Some cost studies show that homecare applications and telepsychiatry are cost-effective.                                    
True   		False	
	
8.  The Department of Health and Human Services funds telehealth programs that are targeted mainly to urban populations, with emphasis on young adults.    
                                                                   
      True   		False	
9.  Evidence of cost savings and decisions about reimbursement are major issues areas for policymakers, providers and clinicians 
      True   		False	

10. Cost items include evidence of changes in medical condition, functioning, and utilization of health care services.   
True   		False			



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Ashli M. Molinero, D.Sc.

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Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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