Exam 6: Justice and the Allocation of Scarce Resources
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Exam 4: Basic Principles of Health Care and the Nature of Rights in Ethical Discourse39 Questions
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Exam 6: Justice and the Allocation of Scarce Resources35 Questions
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Which of the following requires that the criteria used to distribute a scarce resource be applied equally?
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Provide three examples of clinical effectiveness gains through the adoption of safe practices.
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a. Intervention of physician computer entry results in 81% reduction of medication errors
b. Intervention of rapid response teams results in 15% decrease in cardiac arrests
c. Intervention of team training in labor and delivery results in 50% reduction in adverse outcomes in preterm deliveries
In which of the following models are health care providers generally private, but the payer is a government-run insurance program that all citizens pay into?
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Relate the process of triage to the micro-allocation of beds in an intensive care unit.
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-The allocation of scarce resources to those with the best prognosis
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In which of the following European models is health care financed by the government and taxed based rather than insurance based?
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About _______________ of the world's 196 countries have a functioning national health care system.
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-The allocation of scarce resources to those who are most useful or valued by society
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Review the end of a natural life cycle proposal in regard to rationing health care. Defend or refute the concept. Base your decision on ethically relevant concepts.
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Which of the following plans uses private not-for-profit health insurance plans called "sickness funds" usually financed jointly by employees and employers through payroll deductions?
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Using a free-market approach to distribute health care within society best fits the category known as a ____________________ theory.
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Provide an analysis of the Oregon plan. Defend or refute the plan as an appropriate method to create a rational and ethical system.
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The micro-allocation process where a scarce resource such as an ICU bed is distributed on the basis of best prognosis is a form of ____________________ utility.
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-The consideration of how one provides for the fair and equitable division of scarce resources
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Which of the basic theories, utilitarianism, libertarianism, or egalitarianism seems best suited to solve the U.S. health care crisis? Defend your answer with an ethically relevant argument.
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Differentiate between social and medical utility and identify the form that is most in keeping with health care ethics.
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Compare the following rationing systems: Prudent Person, Fair Innings, and Natural Life Span.
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