MHA 710 Exam 3 2022
Using the physician-control model to explain hospital behavior leads to which of
the following conclusions?
Other medical inputs tend to be overused to maximize physicians' productivity
Compared to the not-for-profit organizational form, the for-profit environment
Allows for the transfer of assets
Which of the following statements is true about cost shifting in hospitals?
The ability to cost shift depends on a hospital's payer mix
Legislation considered by Congress to restrict legal immigration would
raise the costs of operating in many of the nation's rural and inner-city hospitals
The expanded use of prospective payment in hospitals has changed the nature
of competition in that market. Which of the following statements is true?
Savings from prospective payments are substantial and due primarily to fewer
hospital admissions and shorter hospital stays.
The rate of return on an investment in medical education:
Is inversely related to the length of time spent in formal schooling
Suppose the market for nursing services in a local community is so dominated by
a single community hospital that, for all practical purposes, it is considered a
monopsony. Using the diagram below, answer the question. If the market were
perfectly competitive instead of dominated by a monopsonist, what would the
equilibrium wage and level of employement be?
W1 and E1
, Physicians who own their own dx testing facilities tend to order more tests,
charge higher fees for them and have higher total bills to patients. This practice
of self-referral is an example of:
physician-induced demand
This study was the catalyst for the early twentieth century reform of medical
education in the US. What was it?
Flexner Report
The merger of two community hospitals located in the same geographic market is
called:
Horizontal integration
The following diagram depicts the market for physicians' services that is originally
in equilibrium at the point where demand and supply intersect. As physician
supply increases from S0 to S1, an even larger concurrent shift in demand from
D0 to D1
Will cause overall spending on physicians' services to increase
Starting salaries for female obstetricians/gynecologists are higher than those of
male obstetricians/gynecologists. What is the best explanation for this?
The demand for female OB/GYN is greater than the demand for male OB/GYN's
The amount that Medicare pays a hospital for treating a Medicare patient is
determined:
At the point when the dx is made
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