LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION VERIFIED
●● Equal to
Answer: The standard cut-off for cost per QALY is ______ per capita
income.
●● patients have difficulty gathering and processing information
Answer: A physician's ability to induce demand is greatly enhanced
when:
●● price of medical care
Answer: Factors affecting the level of medical care demand include all
of the following except:
●● - health status.
- demographic characteristics.
- economic standing.
- physician factors.
(all of the above)
Answer: Factors affecting medical care demand include
,●● As consumer income increases, consumers spend more on superior
goods.
A superior good has an income elasticity of demand greater than 1.
Answer: Many economists consider medical care a superior good.
Which of the following statements is true regarding a superior good?
●● More effective medical interventions
Answer: Which of the following is least responsible for the reduction in
mortality rates in Europe and North America?
●● Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do.
Answer: There are substantial differences in medical care use by
demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and marital status. Which
of the following statements is true?
●● Compare the relative efficiency of treating various conditions
Answer: Researchers use cost-of-illness studies for all of the following
except to:
●● - study the burden of a disease.
- determine the low-cost option to treat a disease.
, - compare two or more treatment options when the medical outcome is
identical.
- increase public awareness of cost of treating certain diseases.
(do all of the above)
Answer: Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to:
●● levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the
curve.
Answer: The accompanying diagram depicts the relationship between
health status and medical care spending for a particular country. Assume
the current spending level is S on TP. All of the statements beloware
true?
●● improve life-style decisions by reducing smoking, alcohol
consumption, and drug use.
Answer: If health care spending is already on the flat-of-the-curve, it
may not be possible to buy improved health status by increasing
spending. In this situation, the best way to improve health status may be
to:
●● bone-mass density (BMD)
Answer: When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate
measures reflect clinical efficacy and include:
●● identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION VERIFIED
●● Equal to
Answer: The standard cut-off for cost per QALY is ______ per capita
income.
●● patients have difficulty gathering and processing information
Answer: A physician's ability to induce demand is greatly enhanced
when:
●● price of medical care
Answer: Factors affecting the level of medical care demand include all
of the following except:
●● - health status.
- demographic characteristics.
- economic standing.
- physician factors.
(all of the above)
Answer: Factors affecting medical care demand include
,●● As consumer income increases, consumers spend more on superior
goods.
A superior good has an income elasticity of demand greater than 1.
Answer: Many economists consider medical care a superior good.
Which of the following statements is true regarding a superior good?
●● More effective medical interventions
Answer: Which of the following is least responsible for the reduction in
mortality rates in Europe and North America?
●● Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do.
Answer: There are substantial differences in medical care use by
demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and marital status. Which
of the following statements is true?
●● Compare the relative efficiency of treating various conditions
Answer: Researchers use cost-of-illness studies for all of the following
except to:
●● - study the burden of a disease.
- determine the low-cost option to treat a disease.
, - compare two or more treatment options when the medical outcome is
identical.
- increase public awareness of cost of treating certain diseases.
(do all of the above)
Answer: Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to:
●● levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the
curve.
Answer: The accompanying diagram depicts the relationship between
health status and medical care spending for a particular country. Assume
the current spending level is S on TP. All of the statements beloware
true?
●● improve life-style decisions by reducing smoking, alcohol
consumption, and drug use.
Answer: If health care spending is already on the flat-of-the-curve, it
may not be possible to buy improved health status by increasing
spending. In this situation, the best way to improve health status may be
to:
●● bone-mass density (BMD)
Answer: When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate
measures reflect clinical efficacy and include:
●● identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society
