Deck 6: Market Forces and Ethics

Question 1

An ethics issue for managed care organizations is the need to balance patient _____ and _____.

A) benefit, profit
B) choice, payment
C) referrals, budget
D) treatment, incentives

Answer 1

A

Question 2

MCOs need to make decisions that provide the greatest good, while maintaining profitability. These decisions impact _____.

A) physician autonomy
B) patient autonomy
C) a and b
D) beneficence

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Functional medicine deals with determining the root cause of chronic diseases and treated the cause. An ethics issue for this type of medicine is _____.

A) credentialing of practitioners
B) patient-centered care
C) increased revenue streams
D) patient flow

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The baby boomer generation is a market force in health care. Which of the following is a healthcare ethics issue when serving this population?

A) social justice
B) early retirement
C) distributive justice
D) a and c

Question 5

Providing ethics-based expanded senior health services includes _____.

A) knowledge of market needs
B) using "senior" in marketing campaigns
C) increasing online services
D) increasing nursing home beds

Question 6

A managed care organization denies coverage for a procedure in the patient cannot pay for it. In the patient's view, this action is a violation of ______ and ______.

Question 7

According to Shi and Singh (2019), prevention of chronic disease provides the __________________. Mill would be pleased.

Question 8

____________ shows promise in reducing costs and improving health by treating the root cause of disease. However, it can increase issues concerning patient justice.

Question 9

In healthcare, the retirement of the baby boomers can create an ethical issue called ____________.

Question 10

____________ must be considered to respect to patient autonomy when moving to electronic patient care management.

Question 11

/53. List 2 principles of ethics that were violated in the Case of the Virtual Counselor.