Quiz 8

Question 1

In the United States, health research takes place in which of the following except:

Universities
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Hospitals

Answer 1

Hospitals

Question 2

In multi-country studies of the rate with which advanced technology treatments for heart attack were adopted, higher rates of diffusion were found in countries with fee-for-service reimbursement systems. Which of the following countries have adopted a fee-for-service system?

  Australia 
  Korea 
  Japan 
  France 
  All countries mentioned

Answer 2

All

Question 3

True or False? The United States ranked lowest in the diffusion of most of medical technologies compared to Canada and Germany.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Ture/Fasle Certain stages in the development of medical treatments may tend to involve initially higher costs followed by lower costs.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

True or False? Without patent protection, innovations would be greatly slowed unless governments were to fund product development as well as basic research processes.

Answer 5

True