Question 29(2.5 points)

Which of the following is a characteristic of the German healthcare system?

Question 29 options:

Private production of healthcare services

Global budgets for hospitals

Provider reimbursement via many types of payers

Regulated global budgets and fees for healthcare providers

Question 30(2.5 points)

According to a study of 11 countries by Schoen and colleagues, the _______ system was in the greatest need of reform, especially concerning the health disparities related to socioeconomic status and financial access to care.

Question 30 options:

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Thailand

Question 31(2.5 points)

The lack of access to quality care can lead to which of the following?

Question 31 options:

Increased use of social services

Higher freedom of choice

Disequilibrium in the market

Decrease in provider services

Question 32(2.5 points)

The most common connotation of scaling up of international health is the expansion of

Question 32 options:

human capital.

perfect competition.

international health interventions.

life expectancies

Question 33(2.5 points)

Why are the breadth and height of coverage across countries difficult to compare?

Question 33 options:

They're all too different from each other.

There are usually no defined benefit packages.

They're all too similar to each other.

The countries often fail to report the information properly.

Question 34(2.5 points)

Why does universal coverage require efficient use of inputs?

Question 34 options:

It needs to account for the adjusted community rate.

It would be against the law to do otherwise.

It needs to drastically reduce the rate of morbidity.

It needs to assure that a core set of services is available to all in the society.