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Health Care Delivery in the United States Questions
Question 1 of 5
An analysis of cost-effectiveness discloses that hemodialysis for a 50-year-old patient costs about $30,000 to $35,000 per quality-adjusted year of life (QALY) saved. This indicates that
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The QALY metric shows dialysis extends life expectancy (C is correct), with costs considered reasonable in medical economics.
Question 2 of 5
Correct statements about nursing home care in the U.S. include all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The mean age of nursing home residents is closer to 85, not 70 (B is the exception).
Question 3 of 5
Statements that correctly characterize the operations of the Medicaid program include which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Medicaid pays providers for low-income groups (A is correct). Eligibility varies by state (B is incorrect), funding includes state contributions (C is incorrect), and states administer it, not SSA (D is incorrect).
Question 4 of 5
All the following were recommendations of the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (the 'Pepper Commission') EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The Pepper Commission did not recommend a Canadian-style single-payer system (E is the exception); it focused on incremental reforms.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following factors contributed to the increase in hospital costs over the past 10 years in the United States?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: High-tech diagnostics and treatments drove hospital cost increases in the 1980s (D is correct).