The size of the uninsured and underinsured population in the United States has become an indication of the access problems in the US healthcare system. True False Health economics can be defined as An examination of factors that impact healthcare An explanation of theories, models and tools that can be applied to understand costs, access, and quality One way to understand how best to compare and contrast alternatives Help healthcare leaders understand the costs and consequences of options All of the above
- The size of the uninsured and underinsured population in the United States has become an indication of the access problems in the US healthcare system.
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False Health economics can be defined as
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An examination of factors that impact healthcare |
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An explanation of theories, models and tools that can be applied to understand costs, access, and quality |
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One way to understand how best to compare and contrast alternatives |
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Help healthcare leaders understand the costs and consequences of options |
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All of the above |
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If people are not obtained the insurance or fail to obtain full coverage insurance, then they are unable to access the health care facility. When the people are uninsured, all the cost of health care provision is made by out of pocket expense. These people are unable to pay the medical services that require huge cost. If the people are getting underinsurance that is covered very less coverage, then their out of pocket expense would be greater which restrict them to access higher cost health care provisions. Thus, when the number of people who uninsured and under insured increase, it leads to create the problem of inaccessibility of medical service.
Thus, the given statement is true.
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