Health Economics Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the components of the DALY
2. Decline in mortality and fertility from the high rates characteristics of modern and high-income societies.
3. Which of the following correctly define a QALY?
4. What is the study of how society decides what, how and for whom to produce?
5. It is a method of pooling risk so that one person's loss is shared across many people rather than being borne by the person alone.
6. What is the relationship between price and quantity supplied according to the law of demand and supply?
7. Characterized by the socioeconomic condition of the people
8. When supply and demand are equal (i.e. when the supply function and demand function intersect) the economy is said to be at
9. Which management strategy can help improve efficiency while decreasing cost?
10. What is the term used to describe goods and services that are scarce relative to our wants for them?
11. .... is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to production and consumption of health and health care.
12. What term describes the value of the best alternative forgone where, given limited resources, a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives?
13. Under which market form is a firm a price-taker
14. What is the fundamental driving force for economic activity according to economics?
15. The amount of money saved in the future thanks to an effective intervention on road safety is a .....
16. Why is it important to improve efficiency in healthcare?
17. What is the measure of how much your quality of life would decrease with a certain outcome called?
18. What role does evidence play in decision-making for care givers and patients?
19. What is the purpose of economic evaluation in healthcare?
20. What is the cost per quality used as in evaluating new interventions?