Which of the Following Factors Is Responsible for Rising Health

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors is responsible for rising health care costs?

• A) increasing longevity
• B) increasing intensity of services
• C) fraud, waste, and abuse
• D) all of these
• E) a and b

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Definitions:

Bromides

Ionic compounds that contain a bromine ion (Br-) combined with another element or radical.

Reactivity

A measure of how readily a substance undergoes a chemical reaction with other substances.

Primary Iodides

Organic compounds where an iodine atom is bound to a primary carbon, typically involved in nucleophilic substitution reactions.

Nucleophilicity

A measure of the ability of a chemical species to donate an electron pair to an electrophile, thus forming a chemical bond.