Which of the Following Has Been Used to Control Costs

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been used to control costs in one or more health care systems described in this textbook?

• A) relying only on the government (rather than private insurers) to cover individuals' health care costs
• B) establishing government control over hospital budgets
• C) restricting doctors to salaried practices
• D) all of the above
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an individual makes associations between certain behaviors and their consequences.

Table Clearing

The process of removing dishes, utensils, and leftovers from a table after a meal.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which a conditioned response decreases or disappears after repeated exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus.

Fixed-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after a predetermined number of responses have been made.