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Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
All the following statements concerning reported legal abortions are true EXCEPT
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Legal abortions peaked around 1980 and stabilized, not progressively decreased (A is the exception).
Question 2 of 5
In 1988, the highest infant mortality was reported for
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The U.S. had a higher infant mortality rate in 1988 (around 10 per 1,000 live births) compared to Canada, Singapore, and others.
Question 3 of 5
All the following are reasons for rapidly rising malpractice premiums EXCEPT
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Installment payments would reduce premiums, not increase them (B is the exception).
Question 4 of 5
True statements about maternal age and total fertility in the United States in 1987 include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The U.S. total fertility rate in 1987 was below replacement level (around 1.9), making (E) the exception.
Question 5 of 5
In analysis of cost-effectiveness, health benefits and costs that will not occur until some time in the future are often less highly valued. This process is called
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Discounting adjusts future costs and benefits to present value, a standard cost-effectiveness method.