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LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 4 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS EXAM LATEST
2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A prepaid hospital plan created by Baylor Hospital for a group of
Dallas public school teachers in 1929 is considered by many to be
the forerunner of: - ANSWER-Blue Cross.
All of the following statements are true regarding infant mortality
in the United States, EXCEPT? - ANSWER-Reducing the rate of
still births
Suppose a group of 100 people seeks out an insurance company
to underwrite health insurance for its members. The expected
medical spending for the group is $150,000. If an additional 10
people who have expected medical spending of $5,000 per
person on average join the group, the new premium will be
approximately: - ANSWER-$2,139.
A ______ percentage of the French population is obese; they
consume _______ fat than Americans do - ANSWER-small; less
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In 2001, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 77.2
years, increasing to 78.7 years in 2018. However, there remains a
racial gap between Blacks and Whites. White life expectancy in
2018 was at 78.6 years, and Black life expectancy at 74.7 years.
Causes of mortality reveals an interesting picture. Among Whites,
__________ have a much higher rate than in Blacks, where
__________ are much more prevalent. - ANSWER-suicides and
chronic respiratory disease; homicides and heart disease
The goal of health insurance is to: - ANSWER-collect sufficient
premiums to cover all possible losses.
A person with AIDS has a guaranteed right to apply for health
insurance and receive coverage at the same rate as a healthy
person. What is the likely result for the insurance company? -
ANSWER-Adverse selection
The U.S. perinatal mortality rate (late fetal deaths plus deaths in
the neonatal period) was 5.9 in 2018, lower than those found in: -
ANSWER-France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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An increase in the excise tax on alcohol of $1 per liter: -
ANSWER-will save lives when coupled with a uniform drinking
age.
: Value of the resources spent on a particular disease category;
often called the burden of disease. - ANSWER-Cost-of-illness
studies
: A procedure that compares the cost of undertaking a course of
action and the resulting benefits expected to flow from that action.
- ANSWER-Cost benefit
: Measuring the change in the cost of undertaking a specific
course of action (compared to the next best alternative action)
relative to the change in the health outcome of that action
(compared to that same alternative). - ANSWER-Cost-
effectiveness analysis (CEA)
LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 4 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS EXAM LATEST
2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A prepaid hospital plan created by Baylor Hospital for a group of
Dallas public school teachers in 1929 is considered by many to be
the forerunner of: - ANSWER-Blue Cross.
All of the following statements are true regarding infant mortality
in the United States, EXCEPT? - ANSWER-Reducing the rate of
still births
Suppose a group of 100 people seeks out an insurance company
to underwrite health insurance for its members. The expected
medical spending for the group is $150,000. If an additional 10
people who have expected medical spending of $5,000 per
person on average join the group, the new premium will be
approximately: - ANSWER-$2,139.
A ______ percentage of the French population is obese; they
consume _______ fat than Americans do - ANSWER-small; less
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In 2001, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 77.2
years, increasing to 78.7 years in 2018. However, there remains a
racial gap between Blacks and Whites. White life expectancy in
2018 was at 78.6 years, and Black life expectancy at 74.7 years.
Causes of mortality reveals an interesting picture. Among Whites,
__________ have a much higher rate than in Blacks, where
__________ are much more prevalent. - ANSWER-suicides and
chronic respiratory disease; homicides and heart disease
The goal of health insurance is to: - ANSWER-collect sufficient
premiums to cover all possible losses.
A person with AIDS has a guaranteed right to apply for health
insurance and receive coverage at the same rate as a healthy
person. What is the likely result for the insurance company? -
ANSWER-Adverse selection
The U.S. perinatal mortality rate (late fetal deaths plus deaths in
the neonatal period) was 5.9 in 2018, lower than those found in: -
ANSWER-France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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An increase in the excise tax on alcohol of $1 per liter: -
ANSWER-will save lives when coupled with a uniform drinking
age.
: Value of the resources spent on a particular disease category;
often called the burden of disease. - ANSWER-Cost-of-illness
studies
: A procedure that compares the cost of undertaking a course of
action and the resulting benefits expected to flow from that action.
- ANSWER-Cost benefit
: Measuring the change in the cost of undertaking a specific
course of action (compared to the next best alternative action)
relative to the change in the health outcome of that action
(compared to that same alternative). - ANSWER-Cost-
effectiveness analysis (CEA)
