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What is the main focus of allocative efficiency?

  • Ensuring the right mix of healthcare services is produced
  • Delivering services effectively
  • Maximizing overall welfare of society (correct)
  • Optimizing the production process

In the context of healthcare, what does allocative efficiency involve?

  • Optimizing the production process of healthcare services
  • Ensuring the right mix of healthcare services is produced to meet the population's needs in the most effective way (correct)
  • Focusing on the internal workings of healthcare providers
  • Maximizing health outcomes

What distinguishes productive efficiency from allocative efficiency?

  • Productive efficiency is about maximizing health outcomes, while allocative efficiency focuses on the production process
  • Productive efficiency is about what to produce, while allocative efficiency is about how to produce
  • Productive efficiency is process-oriented, whereas allocative efficiency is outcome-oriented (correct)
  • Productive efficiency has a broader societal scope, while allocative efficiency focuses on the internal workings of healthcare providers

What does achieving Pareto efficiency signify in the context of allocative efficiency?

<p>Resources are distributed such that no one individual can be made better off without making someone else worse off (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way does productive efficiency differ from allocative efficiency in terms of scope?

<p>Productive efficiency considers the overall health needs of the population, while allocative efficiency is more focused on internal workings of healthcare providers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of resources distribution characterizes allocative efficiency?

<p>It is not possible to make any one individual better off without making someone else worse off (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role do both allocative and productive efficiency play in a healthcare system?

<p>Both are essential for a well-functioning healthcare system (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does scarcity refer to?

<p>A finite amount of resources and an infinite desire for goods and services (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How could hospitals improve efficiency according to the text?

<p>Reduce length of stay, increase staff productivity, manage drug ordering and storage properly (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is NOT true about scarcity?

<p>It refers to a surplus of resources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What concept involves a trade-off between different choices?

<p>Opportunity cost (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What could be achieved by carrying out cost analyses in hospitals?

<p>Improving efficiency (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which key economics concept refers to the problem of having limited resources to fulfill unlimited wants?

<p>Scarcity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does marginal analysis involve?

<p>Examining the additional benefits versus the additional costs of a decision (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of deciding to do A over B in the context of healthcare scarcity?

<p>The value of benefits from A is greater than the value of benefits from B. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'opportunity cost' refer to in the context of healthcare resources?

<p>The value of forgone benefit from using a resource in its next-best alternative use. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it necessary to make decisions and choices regarding which health services to provide and to whom?

<p>To prioritize certain treatments, procedures, or patient groups over others. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'scarcity in healthcare' refer to?

<p>The limitation of medical resources available. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is the value of benefits from a medical treatment compared in the context of scarcity in healthcare?

<p>Through prioritizing certain treatments over others. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What may not be available for elective surgeries if hospital resources are used to expand emergency services?

<p>Equipment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'opportunity cost' suggest about using a resource in its next-best alternative use?

<p>More benefits are obtained from the next-best alternative use. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Dn represent in the context of coinsurance rate?

<p>The relation between quantity demanded and out-of-pocket price (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the demand curve for medical care behave when a situation calls for immediate action?

<p>It becomes steeper (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of a reduction in consumption of medical care?

<p>It can lead to a deterioration in health (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How should medical care be viewed according to the text?

<p>As a spectrum of services and goods (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is relevant to the demand for many healthcare services?

<p>Price, especially out-of-pocket price (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does external demand refer to in the context of healthcare services?

<p>Demand by other members of society for an individual to consume health care services (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does regular check-ups entail according to the text?

<p>Visiting a family physician periodically to monitor one's condition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of relationship exists between price and the quantity demanded of health care services?

<p>An inverse relationship (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of substitutes on the demand curve for medical care?

<p>The demand curve becomes less steeply sloped (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Dn represent in the context of coinsurance rate?

<p>The relation between quantity demanded and out-of-pocket price (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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