AHS 305 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
Graded A+
According to Perry and Butler, scientific research should be focused on what? -
Correct answer-reduction of frailty, improvement of health status, and increasing
independence
What following factors are responsible for rising health care costs? - Correct
answer-increasing longevity, increasing intensity of services, and fraud, waste, and
abuse
According to Perry and Butler, approximately 10% of the money spent on health
care for people over the age of 65 is spent on research that may lead to lower
health care costs for chronic diseases and disabilities. - Correct answer-False
Public entitlement for the health care of older adults should be used to relieve
suffering but not to extend life through the use of life-extending technology. -
Correct answer-True
How much money would be saved by Callahan's proposal to ration high-
technology medicine on the basis of age? - Correct answer-$5 billion
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, Increasing the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 70 would save
approximately what percent of total Medicare costs? - Correct answer-15
According to Hentoff, several influential individuals and numerous bioethicists
support Callahan's proposal in spite of individuals' "equal protection of the laws"
under the Fourteenth Amendment. - Correct answer-True
Daniel Callahan argues that people should live out their "natural" life spans of
approximately 80 years, and then they should be allowed to die. - Correct answer-
True
Medicare beneficiaries who are near death are the primary cause of large Medicare
payments. - Correct answer-False
"Managed care" refers to which of the following? - Correct answer-Combining
insurance with health care providers and facilities in a unified network to control
costs.
Hentoff predicts that as more individuals survive to old age, the public will
vehemently oppose Callahan's proposal. - Correct answer-False
A "tolerable death" is one that can occur at any age due to causes that are beyond
the control of medical care. - Correct answer-False
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Graded A+
According to Perry and Butler, scientific research should be focused on what? -
Correct answer-reduction of frailty, improvement of health status, and increasing
independence
What following factors are responsible for rising health care costs? - Correct
answer-increasing longevity, increasing intensity of services, and fraud, waste, and
abuse
According to Perry and Butler, approximately 10% of the money spent on health
care for people over the age of 65 is spent on research that may lead to lower
health care costs for chronic diseases and disabilities. - Correct answer-False
Public entitlement for the health care of older adults should be used to relieve
suffering but not to extend life through the use of life-extending technology. -
Correct answer-True
How much money would be saved by Callahan's proposal to ration high-
technology medicine on the basis of age? - Correct answer-$5 billion
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, Increasing the age of eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 70 would save
approximately what percent of total Medicare costs? - Correct answer-15
According to Hentoff, several influential individuals and numerous bioethicists
support Callahan's proposal in spite of individuals' "equal protection of the laws"
under the Fourteenth Amendment. - Correct answer-True
Daniel Callahan argues that people should live out their "natural" life spans of
approximately 80 years, and then they should be allowed to die. - Correct answer-
True
Medicare beneficiaries who are near death are the primary cause of large Medicare
payments. - Correct answer-False
"Managed care" refers to which of the following? - Correct answer-Combining
insurance with health care providers and facilities in a unified network to control
costs.
Hentoff predicts that as more individuals survive to old age, the public will
vehemently oppose Callahan's proposal. - Correct answer-False
A "tolerable death" is one that can occur at any age due to causes that are beyond
the control of medical care. - Correct answer-False
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