11. Which is not an example of an overhead cost in a hospital?

A. administration

B. laundry

C. housekeeping

D. neonatal intensive care units

12. If sensitivity analysis reveals that a treatment has a cost effectiveness value of more than $100,000 per life year gained in some cases but less than $100,000 in others then

A. we may be confident that the treatment is worth doing

B. we may be confident that the treatment is not worth doing

C. we are uncertain whether the treatment is worth doing

D. none of the above

13. Which is true of a cost effectiveness analysis?

A. it addresses equity but not efficiency

B. it addresses efficiency but not equity

C. it addresses both equity and efficiency

D. it addresses neither equity nor efficiency

14. Which of the following is true?

A. cost effectiveness and cost utility analysis allow one to compare widely disparate interventions

B. only cost benefit analysis but not cost utility analysis allows one to compare widely disparate interventions

C. cost benefit analysis and cost utility analysis allow one to compare widely disparate interventions

D. none of the above

15. An intervention costs $1000 and yields 50 life years gained. If costs range from $500 to $2000, then a sensitivity analysis would reveal

A. a cost effectiveness range of 10 to 40

B. a cost effectiveness range of 20 to 60

C. a cost effectiveness range of 10 to 50

D. a cost effectiveness range of 30 to 70

16. If the total costs for care at a clinic are $10,000 and that clinic treats 10 patients,

then

A. the marginal cost of care at that clinic is $50

B. the total cost of care at that clinic is $1,000

C. the average cost of care at that clinic is $1,000

D. the variable cost of care at that clinical is $5,000

17. A study finds that the cost of a treatment per stroke prevented is $35,000. This is an example of a

A. cost benefit analysis

B. cost utility analysis

C. cost effectiveness analysis

D. none of the above

18. Treatment A costs $100 and yields 5 QALYs. Treatment B costs $300 and yields 25 QALYS. The incremental cost utility ratio for B relative to A is:

A. $20/QALY

B $40/QALY

C. 60/QALY

D. $10/QALY

19. Under treatment A, costs are 100 in year 1 and 200 in year 2. Treatment B costs 200 in year 1 and 100 in year 2.Which of the following is true?

A. for any positive discount rate, the net present value of costs is less

for treatment A than for B.

B. for any positive discount rate, the net present value of costs is less

for treatment B than for treatment A.

C. for any positive discount rate, the net present value of costs for A and

B is the same

D. none of the above

20. IfI include direct treatment costs, labor productivity costs, costs of informal care giving, costs to insurers, and quality of life to patients as part of my economic evaluation, then it is most likely the case that the perspective of the analysis is;

A. from the insurer perspective only

B. from the provider perspective only

C. from society's perspective

D. from the patient perspective only