LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

1 | P a g e LSUS MHA 710 EXAM 2 HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ Which of the following would likely lead to the greatest improvement in the health status of the population in the United States? - ANSWER- Improved lifestyles changes The accompanying diagram depicts the relationship between health status and medical care spending for a particular country. Assume the current spending level is S1 on TP1. All of the statements below are true? - ANSWER- S1 levels of spending are often described as spending on the flat of the curve When measuring the effectiveness of a treatment, surrogate measures reflect clinical efficacy and include: - ANSWERbone-mass density (BMD) The direct costs in an economic evaluation include all of the following except: - ANSWER- reduced productivity at work 2 | P a g e Under which of the following circumstances is the principalagent relationship likely to be most problematic? - ANSWERBetween surgeons and patients Kindig and Stoddart (2003) defined population health as "health outcomes of an entire population, including the distribution of such outcomes within a group of individuals." - ANSWER- True Which of the following is not the World Health Organization (WHO) index to measure health system performance? - ANSWER- Morbidity Which of the following is not part of the three dimensions of health care delivery known as the "triple aim"? - ANSWERExpanding health insurance Mortality rate and morbidity are the most popular metrics used to evaluate population-based health outcomes - ANSWER- True From 2001 to 2011, life expectancy for the total U.S population increased from: - ANSWER- 77.2 to 78.7 years Whites have experienced an increase in life expectancy that is more than twice that of Blacks - ANSWER- False 3 | P a g e Which ethnic group has the highest life expectancy in the United States? - ANSWER- Hispanics People with higher income are less likely to have better health outcomes and have a higher mortality rate - ANSWER- False The rate at which members of a group are newly diagnosed with a disease is called - ANSWER- morbidity rate Teen pregnancy is a concern among public health officials and policy makers because of the follow associated problems except for - ANSWER- poverty Obesity prevalence in the United States is the highest in the developed world and has worsened since the 1960s - ANSWERTrue The United States has the highest rate of low-birth-weight infants than other developed countries - ANSWER- False Perinatal mortality is defined as late fetal death plus deaths in the first __ days after birth - ANSWER- 30