How Did Health Care and Its Delivery Change During the 1980s

question 19

Multiple Choice

How did health care and its delivery change during the 1980s? (Select all that apply.)

• A)Funding to public health increased as funding for acute hospital care decreased.
• B)Laws began to be passed that discouraged the use of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.
• C)Nurse practitioners were increasingly used to provide care.
• D)Public health programs suffered reduced political support, financing, and effectiveness.

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Definitions:

Internalize

The process of incorporating the cost of externalities into the decision-making process of firms or individuals.

Marginal Social Cost

Marginal social cost is the total cost to society of producing an additional unit of a good, including both private costs and any external costs.

External Costs

Costs incurred as a result of an economic activity that are not borne by the entities undertaking the activity but rather by other parties or society at large.

Marginal Cost

The rise in expense associated with the production of an extra unit of a product or service.