Match the Term with the Appropriate Definition or Description

question 42

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
-The improper treatment of patients by physicians and other providers

• A)chiropractor
• B)baby boomers
• C)medical malpractice
• D)defensive medicine
• E)HMO
• F)epidemiology
• G)Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986
• H)predisposing factors
• I)program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE)
• J)adverse selection
• K)vertical integration
• L)morbidity rate

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Definitions:

Obamacare

Informal term for the Affordable Care Act, a comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010 in the United States aimed at expanding health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare costs.

Externalities

The positive or negative impacts of a market transaction experienced by third parties not directly involved in the transaction.

Marginal Cost

The change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit, essentially the cost of producing one additional unit of a good.

Global Warming

The long-term rise in Earth's average surface temperature due to human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases, leading to climate change.