If a healthcare system is “free” to everyone, and the government provides all the care demanded, then

When calculating a QALY, each additional year of perfect health for an individual is assigned a value of 1.0, which is the highest value—a complete QALY. The assigned value decreases as health decreases, with death equal to 0.0. If the patient has various limitations, the extra life years are assigned a value between 1.0 and 0.0. If a new intervention enables a person to live an additional five years, but with a quality of life weight of 0.7, then the QALY score for that intervention is

Which of the following describes employer-paid health insurance, which is also tax-exempt:

Incentives exist in both competitive and regulated markets. The incentives appropriate to a competitive market are as follows:

According to the theory of supplier-induced demand, when will a surgeon stop inducing demand?

What happens when a “me-too” drug enters a market?

100. A 55-year-old man is complaining of difficulty with having an erection. He explains he has erections sometimes at night or when he wakes up, and it has been a problem for about 6 months. He is married and denies any relational problems other than being tired often and not in the mood to engage in sexual intercourse. He has a history of hypertension and is taking an angiotensin-converting enzyme. He smokes 1 pack of cigarettes per day for 25 years. Initial diagnostic testing will include:

65. Hypertrophy is defined as :

78. In allergic asthma, mast cells release which mediators that cause bronchoconstriction?

85. Which finding is most suggestive of prostate cancer rather than BPH?