Exam 11: Dividing up Health Care Resources

The Following Questions For Readings: "Mirror, Mirror 2017: International Comparison Reflects Flaws and Opportunities for Better U.S. Health Care," The Commonwealth Fund -Among the eleven countries included in the "Mirror, Mirror" study, the country with the worst health care performance ranking is

In the United States, life expectancy at birth (81.1 years) is lower than that of most of the other economically advanced countries.

What is the human rights approach to health care?

QALYs gauge a treatment's impact by considering only a patient's length of life, not its quality.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain," James F. Childress, et al. -According to Childress, et al., a key concept of morality in public health ethics is

The rationing of health care has never been tried in the United States.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Mirror, Mirror 2017: International Comparison Reflects Flaws and Opportunities for Better U.S. Health Care," The Commonwealth Fund -According to the "Mirror, Mirror" report, the country among the eleven surveyed that has the highest overall performance ranking is

The Following Questions For Readings: "Is There a Right to Health Care and, if So, What Does It Encompass?," Norman Daniels -Daniels points out that in nearly every advanced industrial democracy in the world, there is a right to health care, since institutions exist to assure everyone access to needed services regardless of ability to pay. The notable exception is

A right to health care is considered a positive right.

The uninsured are less likely than the insured to get

What is a right to a "decent minimum" level of health care?

The theory of justice most likely to insist on a system of universal health care is

The infant mortality rate in the United States is higher than any other developed country except Mexico.

According to the _______ view of justice, no one has a right to health care.

What a right to a decent minimum of care involves has been fairly easy to specify.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain," James F. Childress, et al. -According to Childress, et al., moral principles in public health are

How might a utilitarian justify a right to health care?

The Following Questions For Readings: "Human Rights Approach to Public Health Policy," D. Tarantola and S. Gruskin. -Tarantola and Gruskin argue that the broad goals of health and human rights are

Rationing on the level of the total health care system is known as

The Following Questions For Readings: "Public Health Ethics: Mapping the Terrain," James F. Childress, et al. -According to Childress, et al., public health is primarily concerned with the