WGU D223 HEALTHCARE POLICY AND
ECONOMICS EXAM PREP TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the ultimate output in the healthcare sector? (Health
Production Process)
Answer: Health
●● What leads us to desire medical care in the healthcare sector? (Health
Production Process)
Answer: The desire to produce health
●● What are the 2 forms of healthcare distribution?
Answer: Market and social justice
●● How does Market Justice view healthcare? (Market Justice
Characteristic)
Answer: As an economic good
●● What conditions does Market Justice assume for health services
delivery? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Free market conditions
, ●● What does Market Justice assume about market efficiency in
healthcare? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Markets are more efficient in allocating health resources
equitably
●● What determines the production and distribution of healthcare in
Market Justice? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Market-based demand
●● On what basis is medical care distribution determined in Market
Justice? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: People's ability to pay
●● How is access to medical care viewed in Market Justice? (Market
Justice Characteristic)
Answer: As an economic reward of personal effort and achievement
●● How does social justice view healthcare? (Social Justice
Characteristic)
Answer: As a social resource
●● What type of government involvement is required in social justice
healthcare? (Social Justice Characteristic)
ECONOMICS EXAM PREP TEST BANK
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the ultimate output in the healthcare sector? (Health
Production Process)
Answer: Health
●● What leads us to desire medical care in the healthcare sector? (Health
Production Process)
Answer: The desire to produce health
●● What are the 2 forms of healthcare distribution?
Answer: Market and social justice
●● How does Market Justice view healthcare? (Market Justice
Characteristic)
Answer: As an economic good
●● What conditions does Market Justice assume for health services
delivery? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Free market conditions
, ●● What does Market Justice assume about market efficiency in
healthcare? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Markets are more efficient in allocating health resources
equitably
●● What determines the production and distribution of healthcare in
Market Justice? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: Market-based demand
●● On what basis is medical care distribution determined in Market
Justice? (Market Justice Characteristic)
Answer: People's ability to pay
●● How is access to medical care viewed in Market Justice? (Market
Justice Characteristic)
Answer: As an economic reward of personal effort and achievement
●● How does social justice view healthcare? (Social Justice
Characteristic)
Answer: As a social resource
●● What type of government involvement is required in social justice
healthcare? (Social Justice Characteristic)