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LSUS MHA 710 Exam 2 Questions And
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Suppose you must rely solely on CEA to decide whether a category of people receives
an expensive, possibly life-saving, intervention. Which of the following must you
consider when you make your decision? - ANSWER CEA ignores the possibility that
unidentified individuals in a group might have a better than normal positive response to
the treatment



Suppose you are asked to assess quality of life by the traditional time trade-off
approach. Respond to the following: You have a patient who must spend the final 10
years of her life with a severe case of osteoporosis. The patient reports that she would
be willing to give up four of those years to live six years in perfect health. What is the
utility of one year in a chronic health state relative to perfect health? - ANSWER 0.6



The concept of quality-adjusted life year (QALY): - ANSWER is used extensively to
evaluate medical care resource allocation within government-run programs on fixed
budgets, especially in Europe.



The following figure shows the health status-medical care spending relationship for a
given country. Suppose the current spending level is S on TP. Which of the following
statements are true? ANSWER S1 levels of spending are typically characterized as
spending on the flat of the curve.



There are dramatic differences in the use of medical care depending on various
demographic variables such as age, sex, and marital status. Which of the following is a
true statement? - ANSWER Adult women spend more money on medical care than men
do.



A physician's ability to induce demand is greatly enhanced when: - ANSWER patients
have difficulty gathering and processing information.

, According to Grossman 1972, how is the demand for medical care determined? -
ANSWER It is a derived demand from the demand for health.



The intangible costs due to decreased quality of life include: - ANSWER pain and
suffering.



The major tasks necessary to undertake a proper cost effectiveness study include all of
the following except: - ANSWER calculating the overall cost of a health condition to
society.



Which of the following situations would the principal-agent relationship most likely
present a problem? - ANSWER Between surgeons and patients



Which of the following is most likely to enhance the health status of the population in the
United States? - ANSWER Improved lifestyles changes



Many economists consider medical care as a superior good. The following is true for a
superior good: - ANSWER As income of consumers increases, consumers spend more
on superior goods.



When assessing the results of a treatment, surrogate measures are measures that
represent clinical efficacy and include the following: - ANSWER bone-mass density
(BMD).



Which of the following is least responsible for the decline in mortality rates over the past
century in Europe and North America? - ANSWER More effective medical interventions



Researchers use cost-of-illness studies for all of the following except to: - ANSWER
compare the relative efficiency of treating various conditions.



Standard Cut-off Cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY), used by most governmental
decision makers is set in terms of a multiple of national per capita income. What is the
usual value of the threshold as a percent of national per capita income? - ANSWER 100

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