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Health Economics Quiz | Health Economics Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Questions
1 Which of the following is not a reason for increased health spending?
A People spend more on their health as their income increases
B People are living longer
C The average age of the population is rising
D People are dying earlier

Answer: People are dying earlier
2 The rectangularisation of life curve refers to:
A Fewer deaths at every age
B A lower life expectancy
C More deaths at every age
D A higher birth rate

Answer: Fewer deaths at every age
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3 The number of people who die per 100,000 population in a given year is called the:
A Rectangularisation of life curve
B Life expectancy
C Mortality rate
D Morbidity rate

Answer: Mortality rate
4 Life expectancy does not vary with:
A Birth rate
B Occupation
C Social class
D Gender

Answer: Birth rate
5 Which of the following occupations accounts for the highest percentage of workers in the National Health Service?
A Nurses
B Doctors
C Ambulance staff
D Scientific and technical staff

Answer: Nurses
6 Total utility will be a maximum when:
A Marginal utility is negative
B Marginal utility equals price
C The ratio of the respective marginal utilities is equal to the ratio of prices
D Marginal utility is positive

Answer: The ratio of the respective marginal utilities is equal to the ratio of prices
7 Which of the following seeks to measure the benefits to individuals of additional life years following a medical intervention?
A Cost minimization
B Cost-utility analysis
C Quality adjusted life years
D Profit maximization

Answer: Quality adjusted life years
8 Increased life expectancy is closely correlated with which of the following?
A Reduction in exercise
B Reduced spending on pharmaceutical research
C Fall in educational achievement
D Increased health spending per capita

Answer: Increased health spending per capita
9 An increase in demand within the National Health Service i.e. for healthcare which remains free at the point of use but where medical resources are limited will result in:
A Reduction in price of healthcare
B Longer waiting lists
C Rises in price of healthcare
D Unemployment in healthcare service

Answer: Longer waiting lists
10 Doctors earn more than nurses because:
A There is an excess supply of doctors
B There is an excess demand for doctors
C There is a National Minimum Wage
D There is an excess demand for nurses

Answer: There is an excess demand for doctors
11 The benefits associated with the best alternative use of resources is called:
A Health economics
B Health resources
C Opportunity cost
D Alternative activities

Answer: Alternative activities
12 The following is a list of the types of statistical data most often required in health economics. Which letter listed below does not belong in the list?
A financing health care
B epidemiological
C cost of care
D demographic

Answer: demographic
13 Select the specialist health economics journal/s within the economics discipline.
A BMJ
B Health Economics
C B and D
D Journal of Health Economics

Answer: Health Economics
14 The site with substantial content on cost-QALY ratios is called
A The CEA Registry
B The Health Economic Evaluations Database (HEED)
C Evidence Based Health Care
D The NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)

Answer: The NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED)
15 The following is a list of disciplines, some of which relate to health economics. Which discipline does not belong in this list?
A Health Education
B Anthropology
C Health Services Research
D Statistical Methods

Answer: Health Education
16 Which of the following statements is untrue and does not belong in this list? Grey literature is characterized as material:
A Not published through regular book-publishing channels
B Not subject to formal bibliographic control
C That can be difficult to identify and obtain
D That is generally available only in print (not electronic format)

Answer: That is generally available only in print (not electronic format)
17 The National Health Accounts are associated with which agency?
A Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
B Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
C NICHSR
D Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Answer: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
18 Children with no insurance receive health care through a program called what?
A Medicare
B Social Security Program
C Maternal and Child Health Bureau
D State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Answer: Social Security Program
19 When referring users to the NHA/NHE there are a number of limitations we should remember to tell them. Which item listed below is not a limitation?
A limitations of the data
B use of Website
C data definitions
D source materials

Answer: data definitions
20 Medicare covers what percentage of which population?
A 49% of children
B 20% of mothers and children
C 95% of the elderly
D 87% of adolescents

Answer: 49% of children

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