Markov Models

a. allows researchers to track changes in the quality of life and cost of a disease over time when different health interventions are applied.

b. allows researchers to calculate cost of care for different diseases

c. allows researchers to formulate interventions based on the probability that an event will not occur.

d. allows research to estimate the QALE measures for diseased patients.

Question 2

___________ is based upon the incidence of an event given that we already know the study participants' exposure status.

a. Odds Ratio

b. Risk Ratio

c. incidence rate

d. prevalence rate

Question 3

Cost effectiveness analysis are presented differently from other published studies because of the differences in__________________

a. types of scientists that conducts the studies

b. methods and results

c. titles and abstracts

d. students and professors

Question 4

When creating a decision analysis model, which of the following should be considered?

a. the cost of the disease and types of intervention

b. the nature of the disease and expected outcomes

c. the types of interventions and the incidence rate

d. the nature of the disease and its associated cost.

Question 5

How are ICD codes useful in cost analysis?

a. Codes are used to estimate gross cost of the medical visits and hospitalizations

b. The codes provide a formula for the cost of care based on the health facility

c. The codes are not directly used not used in cost analysis, however they are used for diagnosing patients.

Question 6

A major difference in a case-control study and a cohort study is that the case-control study starts with exposed study subjects and the cohort study starts with study subjects who have the disease

a. True

b. False

Question 7

What factors can be calculated using the Markov Model?

a. medical cost

b. HRQL

c. living cost

d. crude death rate cost