A Primary Care Physician Is Invited to Give a Presentation

question 183

Multiple Choice

A primary care physician is invited to give a presentation to a local employer.  He is a member of a large multi-specialty medical group, which he joined less than a year ago after completing residency.  During the presentation, the physician discusses the various medical specialties available within the group, as well as the range of ancillary services the group offers at its facilities.  In the ensuing discussion, the physician learns that the employer has been facing financial difficulties.  The employer wishes to continue offering health care coverage to its employees but needs to reduce expenditures.  As a result, the employer would like to negotiate a contract in which the medical group would provide care to all the company's employees in exchange for a set monthly fee per employee.  Which of the following payment methods best describes this type of health care financing arrangement?

• A)Capitation
• B)Discounted fee-for-service
• C)Global payment
• D)Patient-centered medical home
• E)Point-of-service

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Definitions:

Population's Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variation in a distribution of a population's values, indicating how much individual scores differ from the population mean.

One-Sample Z-Test

A statistical test used to determine whether the mean of a sample significantly differs from a known or hypothesized population mean, under the assumption of known variance.

Effect Size

A numerical measure that quantifies the size of a phenomenon or the intensity of the connection between variables.

Standard Error

A statistical term that measures the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation.