MHA 710-EXAM 2(CH7& 8) QUESTIONS AND Answers

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MHA 710-EXAM 2(CH7& 8) QUESTIONS AND
Answers

1. The nature of health care delivery will be different in the future due to:
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a. longer lives due to a lower incidence of chronic illness.
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b. a rising percentage of elderly in the total population.
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c. cheaper alternatives to treatments in oncology. d.an e
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xpected increase in the fertility rate. r r r r r


e. longer inpatient hospital stays due to a decrease in acute illnesses among the e
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derly population.: b. a rising percentage of elderly in the total population.
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2. The economic argument for legalizing drugs:
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a. is based on the assumption that for most non-
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users,the demand is relatively price elastic.
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b. shows that economists are all libertarians at heart.
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c. is morally bankrupt.
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d. takes into consideration all the externalities associated with drug use.
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e. is really politically motivated.: a. is based on the assumption that for most non-
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users, the demand is relatively price elastic.
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3. Eliminating health disparities across various population groups requires th r r r r r r r r


at we:
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a. address the source of disparities in behavioral, socioeconomic, and envi-
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ronmental factors.
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b. provide better health and nutritional education. r r r r r


c. focus solely on improving the health of our most vulnerable population gr
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oups.
d. initiate health system reform to bring about universal insurance coverage.
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e. expand in-patient hospital access for inner- r r r r r


city residents.: a. address the source of disparities in behavioral, socioeconomic, a
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nd environmental factors.
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4. All of the following statements are true regarding infant mortality in the Uni
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ted States, EXCEPT?
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a. Reducing the rate of still births
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b. Delaying childbearing beyond the teen years
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c. Prenatal care programs in low-income neighborhoods
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d. Emphasis on improving infant health during the post-neonatal period
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e. Reduced drug use among expectant mothers: a. Reducing the rate of still birt
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5. Insurance works best in situations where:
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a. the level of probability and the size of the loss are irrelevant.
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b. there is a low probability of a large loss. r r r r r r r r


c. there is a high probability of a large loss. r r r r r r r r


d. there is a low probability of a small loss. r r r r r r r r


e. there is a high probability of a small loss.: b.thereis a low probability of a large loss.
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6. All of the following are the results of moral hazard, except:
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e. Increased likelihood of visiting a physician: d. Rational ignorance r r r r r r r r


7. All of the statements below are true according to the Organization for Ec
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a. Smoking prevalence among 18- to 24-year-olds is rising. r r r r r r r


b. The average smoker in the United States has a life expectancy that is almost 10 y
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ears shorter than the average non-smoker's.
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c. Almost 15 percent of all Medicaid spending is attributable to tobacco use of o
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ne kind or another.
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d. There is very little difference in the prevalence of smoking between males an
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d females worldwide.
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related illnesses are associated with over 500,000 deaths annually.: d.There is
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very little difference in the prevalence of smoking between males and females world
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wide.
8. A prepaid hospital plan created by Baylor Hospital for a group of Dallas public
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school teachers in 1929 is considered by many to be the forerunner of:
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a. Blue Shield. r


b. the health maintenance organization.
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a. spread risk over a large group of people. r r r r r r r


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c. equally distribute the probability of loss over a large number of people.
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