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Demand for physician office visits
$2.00An individual’s demand for physician office visits per year is Q = 10 (1/20)P, where P is the price of an office visit. The marginal cost of producing an office visit is $120.
(a) individuals pay full price for obtaining medical services, how many office visits will they make per year?
(b) If individuals must pay only a $20 copayment for each office visit, how many office visits will they make per year?
(c) What is the deadweight loss to society associated with not charging individuals for the full cost of their health care? Draw the supply- demand graph and mark the deadweight loss.
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When a physician does a spinal tap to look for meningitis…
$2.00When a physician does a spinal tap to look for meningitis, what structures will that needle pierce from the most superficial to the deepest. Why would the physician order a test in the spinal region to check a problem in the head?
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The size of private health insurance premiums depends on…
$2.00The size of private health insurance premiums depends on all of the following except
a)prices.
b)expected utilization volume.
c)administrative costs.
d)profit margin.
e)number of carve-outs in a plan.
Increasing the physician supply can be achieved through all the following ways except
a)increasing the number of medical schools.
b)increasing the number of foreign medical school graduates allowed to train in the U.S.
c)changing immigration laws to allow more foreign physicians to practice in U.S.
d)early retirement of practicing physicians.
e)providing more federal and state funding to medical schools which increase enrollment.
A for-profit hospital is more likely to specialize in which one of the following services?
a)immunizations
b)diagnostic radiology
c)prenatal care
d)emergency rooms
e)drug detoxification
Since the implementation of hospital payment by the DRG system,
a)cost shifting no longer occurs in hospitals.
b)use of RCCAC serves no purpose to the hospital’s management.
c)payment for hospital stays is based on a patient’s diagnosis at discharge.
d)payment for hospital stays is based on a patient’s diagnosis upon admittance to the hospital.
e)payment for hospital stays is less profitable to hospitals.
Over half of all hospital revenues are from
a)federal and state government programs.
b)private insurance.
c)Medicare.
d)Medicaid.
e)philanthropy.
. If it is shown that a newly formed large hospital, which was formed by the merger of two competing hospitals, charges more to uninsured patients than do smaller hospitals in the same market, for providing the same services,
a) the large hospital may have market power to do so.
b) the two small hospitals must be taking advantage of the economies of scale.
c) it is an example of price discrimination.
d) consumers’ welfare would not be affected.
e) the large hospital must be violating the antitrust laws.
43. A proposal to eliminate the tax deduction for charitable contributions would cause a negative impact on
a) physicians’ salaries.
b) the number of patients paying out of pocket for cosmetic surgery.
c) the number of self pay hospital patients.
d) hospitals budget for philanthropic donations.
e) nurses duties.
How does the law of diminishing marginal utility fit into an analysis of the demand for health care? Give some examples of decisions concerning health care where you personally are indifferent between getting medical care or doing without medical care.
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Northeast Medical Group Case Study
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Northeast Medical Group Case Study
7.7 Northeast Medical Group, a family practice, has the following financial data and operational metrics: Number of physicians Total revenue $2,748,360 Total operating costs $1,557,615 Total procedures per physician 12,353 Patients per physician 1,941 Visits per physician 5,333
- a. What is the group?s revenue per physician?
- b. What is the group?s operating cost per physician?
- c. What is the group?s total operating profit?
- d. What is the group?s profit per physician? Per patient? Per visit? Per procedure?
- e. Assume that the group plans to reinvest $50,000 of its profits in the practice. (It plans to buy a new EKG [electrocardiogram] machine.) Also, assume that the re mainder of profits will be distributed equally to the group?s physicians as salary. What compensation will each physician receive?
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Physician Visits Case Study
$5.00The state Medicaid agency has set a rate of $5.50 per visit for all Medicaid enrollees who visit a physician. Each physician also has private paying patients. The demand curve for each physician can be characterized as follows, and physicians can be regarded as individual monopolists. Each physician also has a cost schedule that can be characterized as follows:
Quantity of visits provided Total cost
0 $5
1 $7
2 $11
3 $17
4 $25
5 $35
6 $47a. If each physician is a profit maximizing provider, how many visits will he/she provide to public and private patients?
b. What will the number of visits provided be if the Medicaid Agency lowers its rate to $3 per visit, but the demand remains the same? -
Modern Healthcare Case Study
$5.00Modern Healthcare, a group practice clinic with 10 physicians, had the following income in 2014:
Revenue $3,350,000 Less operating expenses: Salaries Physicians $1,290,000 Nurses 150,000 Nursing aide 67,000 Receptionist 51,000 Accounting services 49,000 Training 121,000 Supplies 250,000 Phone and fax 3,650 Insurance 270,000 Depreciation 236,000 Utilities 21,600 Miscellaneous 61,000 Total operating expenses 2,570,250 Income before taxes 779,750 Less taxes on income 233,925 Net income $545,825 Prepare a budgeted income statement for Modern Healthcare for the year 2015.
The following changes are expected in 2015:1. The clinic is expecting a 2 percent decline in revenues because of increasing pressure from insurance companies. 2. Physicians are planning to hire a physician assistant at a salary of $54,000 per year. 3. Training costs are expected to increase by $18,000. 4. Supplies are expected to increase to be 10 percent of revenue. 5. Phone, fax, and insurance amounts will stay the same. 6. Depreciation expense will increase by $19,000 per year, since the clinic is planning to purchase equipment for $125,000. 7. Utilities and miscellaneous expenses are expected to increase by 5 percent next year. 8. Taxes on income will be 30 percent. -
Paranormal and Pseudoscience Research
$25.00Paranormal and Pseudoscience Research
Write a research that explains a paranormal claim using critical thinking and skepticism. IMPORTANT: MUST focus on the ordinary, down-to-earth, scientific explanation for the claim, NOT the extraordinary, supernatural, paranormal explanation.
This is an explanatory. Regardless of your personal opinion, you should be able to write that accurately represents the ordinary, down-to-earth, scientific explanation for the extraordinary, supernatural, paranormal claim.
- Present the specific paranormal claim and the best evidence offered by the supporters of the claim.
- Present the ordinary, down-to-earth, scientific explanation of the paranormal claim and the best evidence offered by skeptics of the claim.
- Discuss how belief in paranormal claims might adversely affect both the individual and the society at large. How might thinking skeptically and demanding extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims favorably affect both the individual and the society at large? Why is it important for a person to develop solid critical thinking skills and employ skepticism when evaluating any claim, whether made by a paranormal enthusiast, website or blogger, As-Seen-On-TV advertising campaign, politician, or spiritual leader?
Focus on the ordinary, down-to-earth, scientific explanation of one of the following paranormal or pseudoscientific claims:
- UFOs are spacecraft piloted by extraterrestrial aliens.
- Extraterrestrial aliens routinely abduct human beings, often at night from their bedrooms, in order to perform invasive medical procedures designed to create alien/human hybrid beings.
- “Ancient alien” extraterrestrials built the Egyptian and other pyramids (or any other claim about “ancient aliens”).
- “Ghost hunters” are able to detect and communicate with the disembodied spirits of the dead using a variety of tools and methods, including EMF detectors, EVP records, photography and video, dowsing rods, and psychics.
- Humanity is frequently provided with “signs from heaven” in the form of images of Jesus, Mary, or other sacred icons that appear in unexpected places, such as tree bark, water stains on a windowpane, or a grilled cheese sandwich.
- The Ouija board can be used as tool to communicate with the dead.
- Near death experiences (NDE) prove there is an afterlife and humans have a “soul” that survives death.
- Faith healers can cure disease.
- Exorcism rids people of demonic possession.
- Satanic cults sacrifice children and babies in worship to the devil (a form of Satanic Ritual Abuse).
- Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster, and/or the Chupacabra exist as flesh and blood creatures as yet discovered by science.
- Nostradamus predicted major world events in the quatrains he wrote in the 16th century, including the 9/11 attacks.
- The Bush administration knew in advance about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and allowed them to happen or even planned and executed the attacks.
- Alternative medicine is just as safe and effective at healing diseases as conventional medicine.
- Vaccines cause autism.
- Life on earth did not evolve, but was created by an intelligent designer.
use specific, current examples, such as:
- The 2009 movie The Fourth Kind uses fakeumentary techniques to try to convince the audience a large number of people have been abducted from Nome, Alaska, by extraterrestrial aliens.
- The Animal Planet’s Mermaids: The Body Found uses fakeumentary techniques to try to convince the audience mermaids really exist and “the government” of the US is conspiring to keep their existence secret.
- The Discovery Channel’s Megalodon: The Monster Shark uses fakeumentary techniques to try to convince the audience a giant shark called megalodon did not go extinct over two million years ago, but still terrorizes the oceans, capsizing boats and attacking people.
- The History Channel series Ancient Aliens claims extraterrestrials have been visiting the Earth and influencing human culture and evolution for millennia, for example, by building pyramids and “jumpstarting” human evolution.
Requirements:
- Your include a thesis statement. Underline your thesis statement.
- Your incorporate at least four reliable and appropriate sources. Your sources must include one of your textbooks and at least one source from the course website. (All of your sources may come from the course website and textbooks.) You are encouraged to find sources through the college library, including the library’s website. You may use sources found on the Internet, so long as those sources are reliable and appropriate. You must cite your sources using MLA style, including in-text citations and works cited page.
- Your explain how Occam’s Razor assists the ordinary, down-to-earth, scientific explanation for the claim.
- You explain how at least one logical fallacy applies to the paranormal or pseudoscientific explanation for the claim. (For examples, see your text or yourlogicalfallacyis.com)
- Your integrate quotations using signal phrases.
- Your offer an adequate number of logical reasons and appropriate examples (minimum three of each) in support of your thesis (explanation).
- Length: 4-6 pages (1000-1500 words), plus works cited page.
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MANAGING RISKS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA DURING PREGNANCY
$100.00The topic for the dissertation is MANAGING RISKS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA DURING PREGNANCY.
Paper Contents:
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: Methodology
- Ethical Consideration
- Chapter Three: The Results
- Chapter Four : Discussion
- Implications
- Conclusion
- Chapter Five: Recommendations
45 Pages
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Caring for Populations: Milestone1: Community Windshield Survey Form
$0.00Caring for Populations: Milestone1: Community Windshield Survey Form
Directions: Please refer to the Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing for specific instructions in order to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 150 points.
Type your name above and your answers below directly on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name (e.g., “NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith”). When you are finished, submit the form to the Week 2 Caring for Populations: Windshield Survey Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines.
3 pages
Link to Milestone 2: CARING FOR POPULATIONS: ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
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