How much do you know about health economics? A proper healthcare system ensures that the scarce resources in the system are efficiently used. A proper understanding of health economics can be helpful in many ways as one is able to know which needs to take care of first and how to compare costs and consequences of specific options. Do take the quiz and get to test yourself. All the best!
Variable cost
Fixed cost
Cost
Friction cost
Marginal cost
Marginal cost:Value of production lost due to time needed to find a replacement worker
Opportunity cost: Cost of not doing something
Quality assessment: The measurement of the actual quality of health care rendered
Microeconomics: The entire country's health care system including the way that it performs
Two of the above
Professionals receive a fee for each service they provide
The service for which payment is made can be separated services
Based on charges that are set either by professionals or the patient
It's similar to "Charge-based payments method for paying hospitals"
Non of the above
Amount established to cover the cost of heath care services delivered to a person for a specific time
A fixed payment (usually monthly or yearly)
A prospective cost reimbursement classification system for in-patient services based on diagnosis
The amount of money that flows from payers to an insurance plan
How individuals choose , minimize costs or maximize profits or wealth or utilities
Does not vary with number of people or number of patients treated
Does not vary with number of services provided
Usually used for physicians working in government agencies
Usually paid monthly or yearly
All of the above
Charge-based payments
Per-diem payments
Per-case payments
Budget payments
Managed Care
Salary
Per-diem
Per-case
Capitation
Charge-based
Want is often thought of as a physiological or biological requirement for maintaining life such as need of air
Demand is the ability and desire to pay for goods and services
Need can be defined as the gap between optimal health and ill health or equivalently
Consumer is a person who uses a service
Cost containment means to keep costs within acceptable limits
Esteem
Morality
Physiological
A+C
All of the above
Barriers to entry
Externalities
Asymmetric information
Uncertainty
None of the above
Asymmetric information
Utilization
Uncertainty
Financial security
Personal security
Extent of illness
Awareness
Distance
Organizational factors
All of the above
Low level of morbidity
High standard of population health
Low level of service supply
High level of morbidity
Inaccessible health care services
Measuring value of alternative course of action
Choosing the cheapest
Same as Opportunity cost
Comparative analysis of alternative courses of action in terms of both their costs and consequences
Applied to compare the cost and consequences of two or more alternative programs
Adequacy
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Scientific -technical quality
Equity
CDA
CMA
CEA
CBA
CUA
10
15
20
1/10
None of the above
Cost minimization is a tool used in pharmacoeconomics
One of CBA purposes is to provide a basis for comparing actions
CUA measures outcomes in QALYs and DALYs
CBA needs more time than CUA and CEA
CMA is used to compare costs of alternative therapies that have identical clinical effectiveness
Deciding whether to implement a specific program
Choosing among competing options
Choosing and setting priorities from a group of portential programs
Knowing the costs and benefits
All of the above
Health inequalities
Distribution of money,power ,resources
Leading causes of death
Non of the above
Health inequaties
Health disparities
Health equity
Health determinants
Even in the poorest countries there are disparities between poort and rich in health
Always there is no disparities in the context of the health care system
Access to health care is essential for equitable health
There is substantial variation in the health care system and coverage from country to country
Availability of resources to access the facilities of life
Working conditions
Tobacco and alcohol use
Quality of available food and house among others
Elderly people with Co-morbidity this will cause a financial burden on their income
Elderly people may have the opportunity to access information about their health and how to protect it
They face other barriers such as impaired mobility
Non of the above
Homicide
Unemployment
A lot of reaction
High crime rates
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