Topic F Review Questions

Question 1

CUA is a pharmacoeconomic analysis that measures costs in dollars and quality adjusted life year (QALY)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A patient is answering a health status self assessment survey. The questions says, “Have you ever used any type of illegal substance before for any reason?” In spite of her history of using illegal substance, she answered “No” to the question because she didn’t want anyone to know about this side of her past. Which bias does this answer lead to in the survey outcome?

Answer 2

Social desirability

Question 3

One of the disadvantages of CUA is that it can only measure one type of health outcomes at a time.

Answer 3

False

(CEA measure one)
CUA - multiple outcomes

Question 4

A patient is answering a health status self assessment survey that has total 15 questions. After answering the question #10, the patient was tired of answering the questions and selected answers randomly for the question #11all the way through #15. Which bias does this answer lead to in the survey outcome?

Answer 4

Carelessness

Question 5

Patient satisfaction is related to financial implications due to

Answer 5

All of the above
(Patients’ choice of health plans, Patients’ recommendation to other patients, Malpractice claims)