Question

1. The UK's national health service

is a "socialized medicine" setup

includes private gatekeepers

is financed through taxation

provides universal healthcare

all of the above

2. Queues result from ______________________ of medical services

demand being equal to supply

demand greater than supply

demand less than supply

is a cavalcade of tweeter posts and replies that lead to an analysis

none of the above

3. Germany's health care system is composed of

99% public hospitals

mixed system of care for the elderly and the poor and the rest have employer based insurance

sickness funds

have most of the health care providers also government employees

c and d

4. The reforms being done in the UK health system

provides hospitals and doctors more autonomy and leeway in terms in choosing expense allocations

aims to strengthen the restrictions and government control originally intended by the NHS policymakers

include removal of the mandate that everyone has to be covered by insurance

will now allow patients to choose sickness funds

all of the above

5. An example of adverse selection is

really sick individuals leaving the queue because a fee was being charged to be on the waiting list

health expenditures being financed by taxes

very sick patients who are able to join a sickness fund meant for healthier patients

all of the above

6. The REFORMS in the German system

aim to have providers more autonomy and choices in the health technology devices they can use

aim to restrict and lessen the choices of health technology devices that can be used in the health system

include doing away with universal health coverage

doing away with financing the system through taxation

7. What is a characteristic that distinguishes the Beveridge model from the Bismarck model

Beveridge model countries all have government employed providers only while Bismarck countries all have only private providers

Beveridge model is single payer while Bismarck model countries are multiple-payer countries

Beveridge model countries provide completely free medical services while Bismarck model countries have to collect taxes

Bismarck model countries are inspired by the "shared sacrifice" concept of health care provision while the Beveridge countries are not.

8. Having __________ will help in screening out those who do not (yet) need to see specialists.

sickness funds

gatekeepers

adverse selection

free health care

none of the above

9. What strategy(ies) were used to estimate the welfare loss of having Queues to equal around only $200?

amount one is willing to pay to get care now instead of waiting in the queue

amount one is willing to pay to get private care instead of government care that one will get in the queue

amount one is willing to pay to receive care in a farther hospital with a shorter queue

all of the above

none of the above

10. Which one is an example of a reduction in moral hazard?

patients who only marginally need a medical intervention stay in the queue because there is no fee

patients who only marginally need a medical intervention leave the queue once a fee was charged to stay in a queue

patients who REALLY NEED a medical intervention stay in the queue because there is no fee

patients who REALLY NEED a medical intervention leave the queue because there a fee it cannot afford

none of the above

11. what is/are ways of reducing queues in the beveridge model?

hire less doctors

build less hospitals

shutdown the low-performing clinics

all of the above

none of the above

12. In the basic Bismarck model

patients have freedom to choose which hospital to visit

patients do not have freedom to choose which insurance contract to take

doctors, investors do not have freedom to choose where to open a new clinic or hospital

all of the above

none of the above

13. The "insurance society" in Japan  

is not employer-based

is employer based

allows patients to choose their providers

limits patients to only go to providers strictly designated for each patient

b and c

Answer 1

Question 1

The United Kingdom's National Health Service is an Universal Healthcare providing set up.

This set up is funded through payroll tax.

This set up utilizes general practitioners as gate keepers and can be termed as "socialized medicine" set up.

Thus, the correct answer is the option (5) [All of the above].

Question 2

Queues in healthcare implies that more people are demanding healthcare services than there is supply of healthcare services.

So,

Queues result from demand greater than supply of medical services.

Hence, the correct answer is the option (2) [Demand greater than supply].