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MHA 710 Exam #2 With Complete Solution 2024-2025


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



When measuring effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures reflect clinical
efficacy and include: - ANSWER bone-mass density (BMD)



Researchers estimate QALY 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 b, c, and d. (Australia, Europe, Canada)



Steps in performing a cost-effectiveness analysis include all of these EXCEPT: -
ANSWER b. ranking the alternative treatment options.



a. ranking the alternative treatment options.

c. calculating the ICER between each treatment option and the next most expensive
one.

d. removing treatment alternatives that are strictly dominated.



Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to: ANWER do all of the above study the burden
of 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.

, Many economists consider medical care to be a superior good. Which of the following is
true for a superior good? ANWER both c and d are true of superior goods. as consumer
income increases a larger percentage of that income is spent on superior good a
superior good has an income elasticity of demand greater than 1.



An important assumption underlying the model of demand and supply is the
independence of demand and supply curves. If this is not the case, a shift in the supply
curve will induce a shift in the demand cure known as: - ANSWER supplier-induced
demand.



The following were all among the top ten causes of death in the United States in 2010
except: - ANSWER AIDS



Accompanying Figure shows health status-health care relationship for some country.
Which of the following is true? - ANSWER Social pressures will push the health care
system to spend S2.



Health care that actually harms the patient, such as an adverse reaction to a
prescription drug, is called: - ANSWER Iatrogenic disease



The number one cause of death in the United States in 1980 was: - ANSWER heart
disease



Health insurance features that tend to reduce moral hazard include: - ANSWER all of the
above (deductibles, coinsurance, copayments).



Suppose the kidney transplant recipient has told an interviewer that she would prefer 5
years of perfect health to the 10 years she expects with her transplant. This person's
remaining 10 years of life each have a QALY value of: - ANSWER 5



For any country that is already on the flat-of-the-curve, it may not be possible to buy
improved health status by increasing spending. In that circumstance, the best way to
improve health status may be to: - ANSWER improve life-style decisions by reducing
smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug use.

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