A Goal of Market-Based Reforms of the Health Care System

question 160

Multiple Choice

A goal of market-based reforms of the health care system is to give patients an incentive to pay more attention to the prices of medical services.This would tend to ________ economic efficiency by ________ the costs of medical services

• A)increase; increasing
• B)increase; decreasing
• C)decrease; increasing
• D)decrease; decreasing

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Definitions:

Operant Response

Operant response involves a behavior that is modified by its consequences, with reinforcement increasing the likelihood of the behavior and punishment reducing it.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique involving the removal of a desirable stimulus after unwanted behavior occurs, with the aim of decreasing that behavior.

Variable-Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed.

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