LSUS MHA 710 ECONOMICS EXAM 2 NEWEST 2024
/2025/COMPLETE ACTUAL 380 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS )
ALREADY GRADED A+.
Suppose your assignment is to use the standard time trade-off
approach to measure quality of life. You are given the following
information. An individual is faced with leaving the remaining 10
years of their life suffering from severe osteoporosis. The individual
reveals that they would be willing to give up four of those years to
live hte remaining six in perfect health. What is the utility of one year
in a chronic health state relative to perfect health?
A. 0.6
B. 40
C. 4
D. 6
E. 0.4 - ANSWER-A. 0.6
Which of the following would likely lead to the greatest improvement
in the health status of the population in the United States?
A. More spending on public health
B. Higher per capita incomes
,C. More rural hospitals
D. Improved lifestyles changes
E. More medical care spending overall - ANSWER-D. Improved
lifestyles changes
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?
A. Infant girls are healthier than infant boys are and consume fewer
medical resources
B. Average hospital stays are longer for women than men
C. Single individuals regardless of age are hospitalized less than
married people are
D. People aged 80 or more spend about the same amount on medical
care as 60 year olds do
E. Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do -
ANSWER-E. Adult women spend more money on medical care than
men do
The primary tasks required to conduct a successful cost
effectiveness study are all of the following except:
A. Identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society
B. Establishing the relevant alternative(s) for comparison
C. Ranking the alternatives in terms of overall costs
D. Identifying and measuring all relevant costs
,E. Adequately measuring the effectiveness of the procedures
evaluated - ANSWER-A. Identifying the overall cost of a health
condition on society
Suppose you must rely exclusively on cost-effectiveness analysis
(CEA) to determine whether a category of people receives an
expensive, potentially life-saving, intervention. Which of the
following considerations must you keep in mind when making your
decision?
A. CEA studies are subjective and rely on the judgment of clinicians
and researchers
B. CEA studies take a long time to conduct and are expensive to
evaluate
C. CEA determines the efficient threshold above which treatments are
unnecessarily expensive
D. CEA ignores the possibility that certain unidentified individuals in a
group may have a greater than normal positive response to the
treatment
E. CEA studies are considered the gold standard as far as evaluation
studies are concerned - ANSWER-D. CEA ignores the possibility
that certain unidentified individuals in a group may have a greater
than normal positive response to the treatment
Under which of the following circumstances is the principal-
agent relationship likely to be most problematic?
, A. Between
physicians and
lawyers
B. Between general
practitioners and patients
C. Between
hospitals and
nurses
D. Between dentists
and physicians
E. Between surgeons and patients - ANSWER-E.
Between surgeons and patients
The direct costs in an economic evaluation
include all of the following except:
A. The cost of home remodeling to
accommodate a physical handicap
B. Reduced
productivity at work
C.
Hospitalization
D. Transportation to and from
the physician's office
E. Medical devices - ANSWER-B.
Reduced productivity at work
When area income increases by 20 percent, what occurs?
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