Health Economics First Exam

1. Important similarities between physicians and economists include:

Realistic approach to life's problems

Reliance on quantitative information

Both must take difficult choices

Both compare benefits and risks for good decision

All of the above

2. "Universal coverage" means:

Access to health care when people need it

Ability to pay or equity in financing

Availability at affordable cost

Equity in access and equity in health

All of the above

3. "a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency,effectiveness,value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and health care" is the definition of:

Health care system

Health

Social Gradient

Health economics

Two of the above

4. "the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being" is the definition of:

Mortality

Disability

Quality of life

Health

Disease

5. Material conditions of life determine health by:

Influencing the quality of individual development

Influencing the quality of family life and interaction

Influencing the quality of community environments

All of the above

6. All of these are outcomes of low income people on health except:

Homicide

Die prematurely

Higher rates of use of preventive and curative health services

Low birth weight (

Shorter life expectancy

7. One of these is TRUE about physicians and economists:

Physicians are usually concerned with large aggregations

Economists are usually concerned about individual people

Both may face uncertainty

Both deal with patients

None of the above

8. All of these are Characteristics of healthy population except:

Lower mortality for cancer and chronic

Improving health outcome

Decreased life expectancy

Lower infant and maternal mortality

Two of the above

9. The leading cause of death worldwide is:

Cancer

Diabetes

Cardiovascular

Pulmonary

Smoking

10. One of this is NOT true about "Primary Health Care":

Universally accessible

Affordable cost

Includes acute care

Essential health care

Includes many maternal and child health care services

11. Factors that are taken into consideration when prioritization are:

Community concern

Extent of the problem

The ability to solve the problem

Two of the above

All of the above

12. ALMA ATA DECLARATION(1978) :

The first international declaration underlining the importance of primary health care

Considered Health a basic human right

Economics and social development is of basic importance to attain "health for all"

Two of the above

All of the above

13. Economics can contribute in health care services by all of these EXCEPT:

Quantifying over time the resources used

Assist the choice of future development

Determination of the consequences of particular choices

Asses efficiency

None of the above

14. The level of Health Care that involves care of patients with all manner of "Chronic Diseases" is:

Primary Health Care

Secondary Health Care

Tertiary Health Care

None of the above

15. One of these is NOT a reason of escalating(increasing) health care costs:

Population increase (particularly the elderly)

Lifestyle factors

Inequities in access to health care

Hospital care

Increasing role of governments and social insurance

16. "the lower the socioeconomic position the more health is affected by the social determinants of health" is best describes:

GDP

Social gradient

Social Equity

Universal coverage

None of the above

17. Poverty can affect health by:

Income provides the basics for health

Low income limits peoples choices and acts against desirable changes in behaviour

Living in poverty can improve people's health

Two of the above

All of the above

18. The causes of improving health status are all of these except:

The access to improved medical and health care

The introduction of vaccines and medical treatments

Improvements in behaviour

Improving material conditions

None of the above

19. Tertiary health care:

The first referral level

Provided by the district hospitals

Intermediate level of health care

Provide training programs

Two of the above

20. All of these are characteristics of hospital-based,curative-oriented EXCEPT:

Sometimes it adds diseases to those admitted like nosocomial infection

It's limited to people complaining of advanced disease

Based on sophisticated technology

Involves a wide scope of health care

Two of the above

21. All of these are factors affect the access to health care EXCEPT:

Physical environment factors

Social factors

Economic factors

Health policies

22. Why Health Economics?

Similarities between physicians and economists

Advances in knowledge

Different countries across the world adopt the same health care systems

Two of the above

All of the above

23. The structural barriers to the access to health care all of these except:

Lack of insurance coverage

Poor transportation

Inability to schedule appointments quickly

Excessive time spent in waiting room

None of the above

24. The WHO classified two broad areas of social determinants of health,one of these is correct about first area:

It's the distribution of power,money and resources

It's about daily living conditions

Includes gender equity

Includes access to health care

Two of the above

25. All of these are attributes of optimal health EXCEPT:

The mental of psychological dimension of health

Freedom from disease

Ability to deal with stress

Anatomical integrity

None of the above

26. One of this is NOT true about "Economics":

It is the science of scarcity

It analyses how choices are structured and prioritized to minimize welfare

The science that deals with the consequences of resources scarcity

We need it because what we want is unlimited

None of the above

27. All of these are dimensions of health EXCEPT:

Emotional dimension

Social dimension

Environmental dimension

Economic dimension

Ethical dimension

28. All of these are true about "Priority" Except:

Ranking of problems,needs or soultions

Based on views derived from data and intelligent judgment

Followed when resources are adequate

Different across countries

None of the above

29. "Health for all":

Was adopted at the international conference on primary health care (PHC)

Achievement of a level of health that will enable every individual lead a socially and economically productive

Is the diagnosis,treatment,and prevention of disease and injury

Organized activities to achieve an optimal level of health for a defined population

Two of the above

30. One of these is correct:

Equity:the absence of systematic disparities in health between groups with different levels

Health inequities:systemic and avoidable disparities in health

Efficiency:minimizing the benefits from available resources

Two of the above

Health Economics First Exam

1. Important similarities between physicians and economists include:

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2. "Universal coverage" means:

3. "a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency,effectiveness,value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and health care" is the definition of:

4. "the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being" is the definition of:

5. Material conditions of life determine health by:

6. All of these are outcomes of low income people on health except:

7. One of these is TRUE about physicians and economists:

8. All of these are Characteristics of healthy population except:

9. The leading cause of death worldwide is:

10. One of this is NOT true about "Primary Health Care":

11. Factors that are taken into consideration when prioritization are:

12. ALMA ATA DECLARATION(1978) :

13. Economics can contribute in health care services by all of these EXCEPT:

14. The level of Health Care that involves care of patients with all manner of "Chronic Diseases" is:

15. One of these is NOT a reason of escalating(increasing) health care costs:

16. "the lower the socioeconomic position the more health is affected by the social determinants of health" is best describes:

17. Poverty can affect health by:

18. The causes of improving health status are all of these except:

19. Tertiary health care:

20. All of these are characteristics of hospital-based,curative-oriented EXCEPT:

21. All of these are factors affect the access to health care EXCEPT:

22. Why Health Economics?

23. The structural barriers to the access to health care all of these except:

24. The WHO classified two broad areas of social determinants of health,one of these is correct about first area:

25. All of these are attributes of optimal health EXCEPT:

26. One of this is NOT true about "Economics":

27. All of these are dimensions of health EXCEPT:

28. All of these are true about "Priority" Except:

29. "Health for all":

30. One of these is correct: