• Question 1
What is the purpose of clinical practice guidelines?
• Question 2
A service is cost-efficient when:
• Question 3
Compared to other nations, the U.S. uses a larger share of its economic resources for health care.
• Question 4
Prevention and lifestyle behavior changes to promote health are not major foci of the medical model.
• Question 5
Whether payment for health care services is made by the government or by a private insurance company, individual patients pay a price far higher than the actual cost of the service.
• Question 6
Managed care increased the rate of growth in health spending between 1993 and 2000.
• Question 7
Health care costs for the elderly are nearly 3 times more than those for the non-elderly.
• Question 8
What is meant by the term “health care costs”?
• Question 9
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
• Question 10
What is the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS)?
• Question 11
The U.S. has never imposed price controls on the health care industry.
• Question 12
Approximately what percentage of GDP is spent on health care?
• Question 13
What are administrative costs?
• Question 14
What are the main activities of risk management?
• Question 15
What is the main reason for the lack of success of health care cost control efforts in the U.S.?
• Question 16
The Donabedian Model includes all of the following elements except:
• Question 17
Why should rising health care costs be controlled?