Factors That Influence Health Care Costs Include Which of the Following

question 5

Multiple Choice

Factors that influence health care costs include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Technology and intensity
• B) Demographics-the aging population
• C) Chronic illness
• D) Use of the health care system
• E) Type of health care insurance

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Definitions:

Hypothetical Thought

Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality.

Analytic Thought

Thought that results from analysis, such as a systematic ranking of pros and cons, risks and consequences, possibilities and facts. Analytic thought depends on logic and rationality.

Intuitive Thought

Thought that arises from an emotion or a hunch beyond rational explanation, and is influenced by past experiences and cultural assumptions.

Egocentrism

Piaget’s term for children’s tendency to think about the world entirely from their own personal perspective.