If the objective of an Cannot tell without further information
organization, such as a
managed care firm, is to
increase its
enrollees' health, then the
organization should
spent more money on:
As more is spent on a increases at a decreasing rate.
health input, the
marginal (additional)
improvement in health:
Studies examining the relatively low.
various factors that
improve life expectancy
have found that the
marginal contribution of
medical care is:
According to the study by Increased educational levels and subsidized nutritional programs
Corman and Grossman
(1985), what factors were most
important in lowering the
neonatal infant mortality rate
for whites since 1965?
Since 1970, there has been a Prevention (including new drugs to control hypertension
rapid and high cholesterol) and changes in lifestyle (such as
decrease in mortality from
smoking cessation, exercise, and diet)
heart disease. What has been
the main contributor to this
decrease?
What is a health To influence health legislation and regulations to
association's main advance its members' economic interests
, objective?
Why does each health To enable its members to increase the prices they
association favor an increase charge and/or choose the clientele they prefer to
in demand for its member's serve
services?
All of the above
What approaches have
Seek legislation and/or regulation to
associations used to enable
eliminate competition Try to limit entry
members to establish high
into the profession
prices (mark-up over
Engage in price discrimination by charging those who
cost)?
can afford to pay more than those who are less able
to pay
How are the terms economic When one health professional receives the payment for
complements and economic work performed by another health professional, that
substitutes used in other health professional is an economic
healthcare? complement.
All of the above
The American Medical
to favor entry limits to becoming a physician.
Association's
to favor those quality approaches that do not adversely
approach toward improving
affect the income of its members.
quality among its members
to favor increased educational requirements for new members of
has been: the profession.
All of the above
is a dollar amount the patient must pay before the
A health insurance deductible:
insurer pays any medical expenses.
lowers the insurance premium because it eliminates
many small medical expenses. can be a financial
burden on low-income people.
Tax-exempt employer- results in a greater reduction of health insurance price for high-
purchased health income employees.
insurance:
Tax-exempt employer- costs the federal government lost tax revenues.
purchased health
insurance: