HSA 3111
Exam #4 (Final Exam)
Study Guide
Fall 2014
Chapter 12: Cost, Access, and Quality
Multiple Choice Q uestions
1) What does the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure?
a. Medical inflation
b. General inflation
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HSA 3111
Exam #4 (Final Exam)
Study Guide
Fall 2014
Chapter 12: Cost, Access, and Quality
Multiple Choice Q uestions
1) What does the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure?
a. Medical inflation
b. General inflation
c. Health care expenditures
d. Overall government expenditures
2) What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a. A measure of all the goods and services produced by a nation in a given year
b. A measure of all the goods and services produced by a nation in a given year, divided by the
population
c. A measure of all the goods and services produced by a nation in a given year, minus
the amount of money spent by the government
d. A measure of all the goods and services produced by a nation in a given year, divided by the
amount of money spent by the government
3) Approximately what percentage of GDP is spent on health care in 2009?
a. 7%
b. 17%
c. 27%
d. 37%
4) What is a PRO?
a. Price Rationing Organization
b. Political Review of Outcomes
c. Peer Review Organization
d. President’s Review of Organizations
5) Expenditures (E) equal:
a. Price (P) minus Quantity (Q)
b. Price (P) plus Quantity (Q)
c. Price (P) divided by Quantity (Q)
d. Price (P) times Quantity (Q)
6) What is meant by the term “health care costs”?
a. The price of health care
b. How much a nation spends on health care
c. Cost of producing health care
d. All of the above
7) Why should rising health care costs be controlled?
a. Americans have to forgo other goods and services when more is spent on health care.
b. Unless we control costs, total health care expenditures will far exceed what they would
be under free-market conditions.
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
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