Quiz No. 2 Introduction To Economic Evaluations II

10 Questions | By Bbsierra | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 121

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1.

What type of question is a pragmatic randomized controlled clinical trial intended to answer?
- A.
  
  An efficacy question
- B.
  
  An effectiveness question
- C.
  
  An efficiency question
- D.
  
  An equity question
2.

What type of question is a traditional randomized controlled clinical trial intended to answer?
- A.
  
  An efficacy question
- B.
  
  An effectiveness question
- C.
  
  An efficiency question
- D.
  
  An equity question
3.

What type of question is a cost-effectiveness study intended to answer?
- A.
  
  An efficacy question
- B.
  
  An effectiveness question
- C.
  
  An efficiency question
- D.
  
  An equity question
4.

In what situations is it advisable to use a measure of compound benefit in an economic evaluation?
- A.
  
  When interventions have multiple relevant consequences
- B.
  
  When interested in obtaining a result that is comparable to unrelated alternatives that do not share consequences
- C.
  
  When survival as well as quality of life or the disability that survival entails are relevant
- D.
  
  All of the above
5.

Which of the following statements is correct with regard to DALYs?
- A.
  
  They only consider premature deaths due to a condition.
- B.
  
  They are the sum of the costs of treatment of a condition.
- C.
  
  They express the number of life years lost due to disease, disability or premature death.
- D.
  
  They express life years adjusted for quality of life.
- E.
  
  All of the above
6.

The time horizon of an economic evaluation of vaccines that measure results in DALY should be the entire life expectancy of the subjects.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

The importance of discounting in economic evaluations is that inflation should be incorporated in this type of studies.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Which of the following aspects will influence the results of an economic evaluation through its influence on the discounting process?
- A.
  
  The time horizon
- B.
  
  The discount rate
- C.
  
  Differences in the time/year in which interventions compared are conducted
- D.
  
  All of the above
9.

Read the following statement from a hypothetical study conducted in a country with a per capita GDP of $4,000. Then answer questions 9 and 10. The cost-effectiveness of the pneumococcal vaccine ranged from $5,000 to $15,000 per DALY averted when the uncertainty associated with the incidence of pneumonia in the population (mean: 5 per thousand; range based on a 95% CI 3 to 7 per thousand) was evaluated. What is being reported in this paragraph?
- A.
  
  The main results
- B.
  
  Deterministic sensitivity analysis
- C.
  
  Structural sensitivity analysis
- D.
  
  Probabilistic sensitivity analysis
10.

What conclusion can be inferred from this paragraph regarding the new technology?
- A.
  
  It is not cost-effective.
- B.
  
  It is very cost-effective.
- C.
  
  No conclusions can be drawn due to uncertainty.
- D.
  
  It is cost-effective despite the uncertainty.
- E.
  
  It is not cost-effective.