Exam 15: Economic Issues

A "health care system which attempts clinically and financially to control primary health care services in a medical group practice through elimination of redundant facilities and services for the purpose of reducing costs" describes which of the following health care financing systems?

John Rawles suggested that in making decisions of distributive justice, one should examine the situation behind a "veil of ignorance" so that no one would be able to design principles to favor his or her particular condition. This idea supports which of the following economic theories for which Rawles was a proponent?

Which of the following statements about managed care are true? Select all that apply.

The economics of Country A support the rights of property and liberty for each person and allow each citizen to improve life circumstances by his or her own effort. Health care can be purchased or given freely in Country A, but there is no entitlement program to ensure basic health care to vulnerable people. This type of economic structure best describes which of the following?

Which of the following best describes the connection between ethics and health care financing?

Examples of health care cost containment in the 1980s included:

In Canada, almost all people are insured against the cost of all hospital and physician expenses through a government health insurance program. This type of health care financing is commonly called:

The traditional health care system in the United States is:

Three patients arrive at the free clinic in need of the same medication, but there is only enough in stock for one person. The nurse in charge of the clinic asks herself, "Who needs this medicine most?" This question suggests which of the following?

Which of the following ethical theories of justice are based upon the rule that it is good to maximize the greatest good for the greatest number of people?

Which of the following health care financing systems has a strong focus on the principle of autonomy?

Different methods of paying for health care in the United States seek to provide superior care, equality of access, and freedom of choice for all citizens, while promoting the public interest through cost-containment programs. Citizens discuss the ideal of equal access to health care for everyone, including care for indigents. Yet, segments of the health care system maintain aspects of a free-market competition. Which of the following statements best describes this system?

Managed care gives rise to ethical problems associated with balancing utilitarian views of cost-effective care with a respect for persons and the traditional view of a duty to care. Which of the following statements are considerations for managed care organizations? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is a natural consequence of utilitarian forms of health care financing?

Which of the following ethical theories place the community, rather than the individual, the state, the nation, or any other entity, at the center of the value system?