MHA 710 – 2024 Exam 2 Graded
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100 - The standard cut-off for 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. The value of the threshold
isusually what percent of national per capita income?
Equal to - The standard cut-off for cost per QALY is ______ per capita income.
patients have difficulty gathering and processing information - A physician's ability to induce demand
is greatly enhanced when:
price of medical care - Factors affecting the level of medical care demand include all of the following
except:
- health status.
- demographic characteristics.
- economic standing.
- physician factors.
(all of the above) - Factors affecting medical care demand include
As consumer income increases, consumers spend more on superior goods.
A superior good has an income elasticity of demand greater than 1. - Many economists consider
medical care a superior good. Which of the following statements is true regarding a superior good?
More effective medical interventions - Which of the following is least responsible for the reduction in
mortality rates in Europe and North America?
Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do. - 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?
, Compare the relative efficiency of treating various conditions - Researchers use cost-of-illness studies
for all of the following except to:
- study the burden of a disease.
- determine the low-cost option to treat a disease.
- compare two or more treatment options when the medical outcome is identical.
- increase public awareness of cost of treating certain diseases.
(do all of the above) - Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to:
levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the curve. - The accompanying
diagram depicts the relationship between health status and medical care spending for a particular
country. Assume the current spending level is S on TP. All of the statements beloware true?
improve life-style decisions by reducing smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug use. - If health care
spending is already on the flat-of-the-curve, it may not be possible to buy improved health status by
increasing spending. In this situation, the best way to improve health status may be to:
bone-mass density (BMD) - When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures
reflect clinical efficacy and include:
identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society - The primary tasks required to conduct a
successful cost effectiveness study are all of the following except:
reduced productivity at work - The direct costs in an economic evaluation include all of the following
except:
pain and suffering - The intangible costs associated with reduced quality of life include:
Improved lifestyles changes - Which of the following would likely lead to the greatest improvement in
the health status of the population in the United States?
CEA ignores the possibility that certain unidentified individuals in a group may have a greater than
normal positive response to the treatment. - Suppose you must rely exclusively on cost-effectiveness
analysis (CEA) to determine whether a category of people receives an expensive, potentially life-
A+ (Questions with 100% Correct
Answers)
100 - The standard cut-off for 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. The value of the threshold
isusually what percent of national per capita income?
Equal to - The standard cut-off for cost per QALY is ______ per capita income.
patients have difficulty gathering and processing information - A physician's ability to induce demand
is greatly enhanced when:
price of medical care - Factors affecting the level of medical care demand include all of the following
except:
- health status.
- demographic characteristics.
- economic standing.
- physician factors.
(all of the above) - Factors affecting medical care demand include
As consumer income increases, consumers spend more on superior goods.
A superior good has an income elasticity of demand greater than 1. - Many economists consider
medical care a superior good. Which of the following statements is true regarding a superior good?
More effective medical interventions - Which of the following is least responsible for the reduction in
mortality rates in Europe and North America?
Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do. - 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?
, Compare the relative efficiency of treating various conditions - Researchers use cost-of-illness studies
for all of the following except to:
- study the burden of a disease.
- determine the low-cost option to treat a disease.
- compare two or more treatment options when the medical outcome is identical.
- increase public awareness of cost of treating certain diseases.
(do all of the above) - Researchers use cost-of-illness studies to:
levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the curve. - The accompanying
diagram depicts the relationship between health status and medical care spending for a particular
country. Assume the current spending level is S on TP. All of the statements beloware true?
improve life-style decisions by reducing smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug use. - If health care
spending is already on the flat-of-the-curve, it may not be possible to buy improved health status by
increasing spending. In this situation, the best way to improve health status may be to:
bone-mass density (BMD) - When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures
reflect clinical efficacy and include:
identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society - The primary tasks required to conduct a
successful cost effectiveness study are all of the following except:
reduced productivity at work - The direct costs in an economic evaluation include all of the following
except:
pain and suffering - The intangible costs associated with reduced quality of life include:
Improved lifestyles changes - Which of the following would likely lead to the greatest improvement in
the health status of the population in the United States?
CEA ignores the possibility that certain unidentified individuals in a group may have a greater than
normal positive response to the treatment. - Suppose you must rely exclusively on cost-effectiveness
analysis (CEA) to determine whether a category of people receives an expensive, potentially life-
