Question 1(5 points)

Which of the following is not a measure of health outcome?

Question 1 options:

Number of physicians per capita

Population incidence of malaria

Death rate for children under the age of 5

Estimated men's lifespan

Question 2(5 points)

From one year to the next, aggregate GDP rises by 2 percent and aggregate healthcare expenditures rise by 5 percent. From this information we can infer that:

Question 2 options:

the health expenditure share has fallen, because health care is only a small fraction of GDP.

the health expenditure share has risen, because health expenditures have risen by more dollars than the GDP.

the health expenditure share has risen, because health expenditures have risen by a greater percentage than the GDP.

we have insufficient information to answer the question.

Question 3(5 points)

Based on statistics and your knowledge of demand curves, evaluate the impact of a $1 increase in excise taxes on excise tax receipts to the government.

Question 4 options:

They will decrease because people will buy fewer cigarettes.

They will increase because the decline in cigarettes purchased (and consumed) will not offset the tax increase.

They will decrease because the decline in cigarettes purchased (and consumed) will offset the tax increase.

They will be unchanged because the increased taxes and decreased consumptions will offset each other.

Question 4(5 points)

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