Question

The following are examples of biological health risks:

Question 1 options:

	Short men have an increased risk for heart disease.
	Being obese causes an increased risk for developing diabetes.
	Exercise reduces heart disease.
	All of the above
	First and second only

Question 2 (1 point)

Capitation is a form of managed care that pays providers of care on a fee-for-service basis.

Question 2 options:

	True
	False

Question 3 (1 point)

Studies have shown that people who have insurance behave differently and overutilize healthcare services, increasing the healthcare costs in America. This is known as moral standards.

Question 3 options:

	True
	False

Question 4 (1 point)

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were developed to _________.

Question 4 options:

	mandate the purchase of health insurance
	link quality care to performance of providers of care
	provide cost-effective services and decrease costs
	second and third only
	all of the above

Question 5 (1 point)

Characteristics of a cost-effectiveness analyses might include ________.

Question 5 options:

	evaluation of alternatives
	an average cost-effectiveness ratio
	an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
	program specification
	all of the above

Answer 1

1. All of the above

(short people who get their height from genes may have a higher risk of heart disease than taller people. Obesity increases the chances of type 2 diabetes and Excercise increases the level of HDL cholesterol in the body which reduces the chances of heart disease by flushing out LDL cholesterol from the body.)

2. False

Capitation is the mode of payment in which physicians are paid a fixed amount for every patient they see or treatment they give. Fee for service pose gives the provider the amount for the treatment and procedures they use.

3. True

With the health insurances covered by companies, and employees paying a fixed premium for them, they tend to over utlise these services and treatments covered in the insurance than ones who are not insured or privately insured. This over utilization of health insurances have resulted in increasing cost of healthcare as insurance companies have to pay heavy amounts spent by their insurers.)