LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
●● Suppose your assignment is to use the standard time trade-off
approach to measure quality of life. You are given the following
information: An individual is faced with living the remaining 10 years of
their life suffering from severe osteoporosis. The individual reveals that
they would be willing to give up four of those years to live the
remaining six in perfect health. What is the utility of one year in a
chronic health state relative to perfect health?
Answer: 0.6
●● The concept of quality-adjusted life year (QALY):
Answer: is used extensively to evaluate medical care resource allocation
within government-run programs on fixed budgets, especially in Europe.
●● 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 below are true?
Answer: S1 levels of spending are often described as spending on the
flat of the curve.
, ●● 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?
Answer: Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do.
●● A physician's ability to induce demand is greatly enhanced when:
Answer: patients have difficulty gathering and processing information.
●● According to Grossman (1972), how is the demand for medical care
determined?
Answer: It is derived from the demand for health.
●● The intangible costs associated with reduced quality of life include:
Answer: pain and suffering.
●● The primary tasks required to conduct a successful cost effectiveness
study are all of the following except:
Answer: identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society.
●● Under which of the following circumstances is the principal-agent
relationship likely to be most problematic?
Answer: Between surgeons and patients
PRACTICE SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
●● Suppose your assignment is to use the standard time trade-off
approach to measure quality of life. You are given the following
information: An individual is faced with living the remaining 10 years of
their life suffering from severe osteoporosis. The individual reveals that
they would be willing to give up four of those years to live the
remaining six in perfect health. What is the utility of one year in a
chronic health state relative to perfect health?
Answer: 0.6
●● The concept of quality-adjusted life year (QALY):
Answer: is used extensively to evaluate medical care resource allocation
within government-run programs on fixed budgets, especially in Europe.
●● 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 below are true?
Answer: S1 levels of spending are often described as spending on the
flat of the curve.
, ●● 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?
Answer: Adult women spend more money on medical care than men do.
●● A physician's ability to induce demand is greatly enhanced when:
Answer: patients have difficulty gathering and processing information.
●● According to Grossman (1972), how is the demand for medical care
determined?
Answer: It is derived from the demand for health.
●● The intangible costs associated with reduced quality of life include:
Answer: pain and suffering.
●● The primary tasks required to conduct a successful cost effectiveness
study are all of the following except:
Answer: identifying the overall cost of a health condition on society.
●● Under which of the following circumstances is the principal-agent
relationship likely to be most problematic?
Answer: Between surgeons and patients
