. GERONTOLOGY FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALS GRADED A+ GUARANTEES PASS
1. Policy analysis does not usually describe the level of uncertainty in the predictions of the policy
options on the policy goal - (ANSWER)false
1. States do not have the flexibility and are discouraged from experimenting with health coverage
programs like Medicaid - (ANSWER)false
1. The certificate of need (CON) increases the arms race among providers - (ANSWER)False
A monopolist will choose a lower level of production and a higher market price than a competitive
market would produce - (ANSWER)true
A negative externality can only be caused by production of a good or service and not by consumption -
(ANSWER)false
Adverse selection - (ANSWER)can lead to a death spiral in the insurance market
Adverse selection occurs when insurance plans select low-risk and low-cost enrollees - (ANSWER)True
all individuals consider societal welfare when maximizing their own utility - (ANSWER)false
Assessing political feasibility of policy adoption includes understanding the relevant actors and their
motivation/beliefs - (ANSWER)true
Asymmetry of information can lead to market inefficiencies - (ANSWER)True
At the start of a randomized controlled trial, all measured and unmeasured variables are assumed to be
equally distributed across the two arms - (ANSWER)true
, . GERONTOLOGY FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALS GRADED A+ GUARANTEES PASS
Attrition bias was a threat to the internal validity of the Evaluation of the Mandatory Bundled Payments
for Comprehensive Joint Replacement program - (ANSWER)false
backward mapping can be useful to generate policy alternatives - (ANSWER)true
Blue cross started off as an insurance program that covered hospital costs only - (ANSWER)true
Collective-action problems get better as the group gets larger - (ANSWER)False
Collusion can lead to a deadweight loss - (ANSWER)true
Confounding can be a threat to multivariate regression models - (ANSWER)true
Consumers benefit from insurance market consolidation because the insurers pass the savings from
treatment discounts they negotiate from providers back to consumers - (ANSWER)true
Copayment coupons for drugs has increased national spending on all drugs. - (ANSWER)true
cost sharing in health insurance is a form of supply side tool to control moral hazard - (ANSWER)false
During the pre-intervention period, the time trend in the health outcome of interest between the
intervention and control groups should not be similar for a difference-in-difference design to be valid -
(ANSWER)false
Ex-ante moral hazard - (ANSWER)people engage in risky behaviors due to health insurance
ex-post moral hazard - (ANSWER)occurs when individuals over-use healthcare after they have fallen sick
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALS GRADED A+ GUARANTEES PASS
1. Policy analysis does not usually describe the level of uncertainty in the predictions of the policy
options on the policy goal - (ANSWER)false
1. States do not have the flexibility and are discouraged from experimenting with health coverage
programs like Medicaid - (ANSWER)false
1. The certificate of need (CON) increases the arms race among providers - (ANSWER)False
A monopolist will choose a lower level of production and a higher market price than a competitive
market would produce - (ANSWER)true
A negative externality can only be caused by production of a good or service and not by consumption -
(ANSWER)false
Adverse selection - (ANSWER)can lead to a death spiral in the insurance market
Adverse selection occurs when insurance plans select low-risk and low-cost enrollees - (ANSWER)True
all individuals consider societal welfare when maximizing their own utility - (ANSWER)false
Assessing political feasibility of policy adoption includes understanding the relevant actors and their
motivation/beliefs - (ANSWER)true
Asymmetry of information can lead to market inefficiencies - (ANSWER)True
At the start of a randomized controlled trial, all measured and unmeasured variables are assumed to be
equally distributed across the two arms - (ANSWER)true
, . GERONTOLOGY FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025 WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH RATIONALS GRADED A+ GUARANTEES PASS
Attrition bias was a threat to the internal validity of the Evaluation of the Mandatory Bundled Payments
for Comprehensive Joint Replacement program - (ANSWER)false
backward mapping can be useful to generate policy alternatives - (ANSWER)true
Blue cross started off as an insurance program that covered hospital costs only - (ANSWER)true
Collective-action problems get better as the group gets larger - (ANSWER)False
Collusion can lead to a deadweight loss - (ANSWER)true
Confounding can be a threat to multivariate regression models - (ANSWER)true
Consumers benefit from insurance market consolidation because the insurers pass the savings from
treatment discounts they negotiate from providers back to consumers - (ANSWER)true
Copayment coupons for drugs has increased national spending on all drugs. - (ANSWER)true
cost sharing in health insurance is a form of supply side tool to control moral hazard - (ANSWER)false
During the pre-intervention period, the time trend in the health outcome of interest between the
intervention and control groups should not be similar for a difference-in-difference design to be valid -
(ANSWER)false
Ex-ante moral hazard - (ANSWER)people engage in risky behaviors due to health insurance
ex-post moral hazard - (ANSWER)occurs when individuals over-use healthcare after they have fallen sick
