Use the Following to Answer Question(s): Third-Party Payers

question 108

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer question(s) : Third-Party Payers

-(Exhibit: Third-Party Payers) Based on the exhibit, and assuming there are no third-party payers, the:

• A) equilibrium price for physician office visits is $80.
• B) equilibrium quantity is 3 million physician office visits per week.
• C) total amount spent on physician office visits per week at the equilibrium price is $40 million.
• D) equilibrium price for physician office visits is $40.

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