LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS EXAM

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LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS EXAM

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Which of the following would likely lead to the greatest improvement in the health status of the population in the United States? - ANSWER-Improved lifestyles changes

The accompanying diagram depicts the relationship between health status and medical care spending for a particular country. Assume the current spending level is S1 on TP1. All of the statements below are true? - ANSWER-S1 levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the curve

When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures reflect clinical efficacy

and include: - ANSWER-bone-mass density (BMD)

The direct costs in an economic evaluation include all of the following except: - ANSWER- reduced productivity at work

Under which of the following circumstances is the principal-agent relationship likely to be most problematic? - ANSWER-Between surgeons and patients

Kindig and Stoddart (2003) defined population health as "health outcomes of an entire population, including the distribution of such outcomes within a group of individuals." - ANSWER-True

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2 Which of the following is not the World Health Organization (WHO) index to measure health system performance? - ANSWER-Morbidity

Which of the following is not part of the three dimensions of health care delivery known as the "triple aim"? - ANSWER-Expanding health insurance

Mortality rate and morbidity are the most popular metrics used to evaluate population-based health outcomes - ANSWER-True

From 2001 to 2011, life expectancy for the total U.S population increased from: - ANSWER- 77.2 to 78.7 years

Whites have experienced an increase in life expectancy that is more than twice that of Blacks

• ANSWER-False

Which ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the United States? - ANSWER-Hispanics

People with higher income are less likely to have better health outcomes and have a higher mortality rate - ANSWER-False

The rate at which members of a group are newly diagnosed with a disease is called - ANSWER-morbidity rate

Teen pregnancy is a concern among public health officials and policy makers because of the follow associated problems except for - ANSWER-poverty

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3 Obesity prevalence in the United States is the highest in the developed world and has worsened since the 1960s - ANSWER-True

The United States has the highest rate of low-birth-weight infants than other developed countries - ANSWER-False

Perinatal mortality is defined as late fetal death plus deaths in the first __ days after birth -

ANSWER-30

On average, smoking decrease life expectancy by 10 years - ANSWER-True

One of the reasons that women live longer than men in most societies is that - ANSWER-men smoke more regularly than women

Alcohol consumption can cause premature death and play a significant role in all violent crime, but in some individuals, moderate consumption can have some health benefits, including - ANSWER-higher HDL type cholesterol

Early in U.S. history, most health insurance policies covered - ANSWER-income loss due to disability or disease

A prepaid hospital plan created by Baylor Hospital for a group of Dallas public school teachers in 1929 is considered the forerunner of what was later called - ANSWER-Blue Cross

The direct costs in an economic evaluation include the all the following except: - ANSWER- reduced productivity at work

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4 When measuring effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures reflect clinical efficacy and

include: - ANSWER-bone-mass density (BMD)

Which of the following measures of effectiveness is not a surrogate measure? - ANSWER-Hip fracture

The intangible costs associated with reduced quality of life include: - ANSWER-Pain and suffering

Suppose that you are asked to use the standard time trade-off approach to measuring quality of life and are given the following information. An individual is faced with living the remaining 10 years of her life suffering from severe osteoporosis. She reveals that she would be willing to give up four of those years to live the remaining six in perfect health. What is the utility of one year in the chronic health state relative to perfect health? - ANSWER-0.6

Researchers estimate QALYs in a number of different ways. One popular approach is called the - ANSWER-standard gamble

The standard cut-off for cost per QALY is ______ per capita income. - ANSWER-equal to

Cost-effectiveness considerations are more formally integrated into health policy making in - ANSWER-Australia, Europe, Canada

Steps in performing a cost-effectiveness analysis include all of these EXCEPT - ANSWER- prioritizing the alternative treatment options

Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to - ANSWER-do all of the above

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