question and answers

Question 1

Discuss your viewpoints on the question of whether patients can adequately understand and judge the quality of the health care services they receive. Use examples to explain your rationale and include any action items that you think would improve the current situation.

Question 2

What is your assessment of the origins and validity of physician resentment toward the push by a variety of health care entities to standardize care? If you were a physician, how would you be planning your practice for the future?

Question 3

What are the pros and cons of a DRG payor system, and a capitated payor system? If you were a health care czar, which one would you favor and why?

Question 4

Discuss the impacts of a large portion of the population being uninsured and how this affects the health care system. If this continues, how do you anticipate that the health care system will respond to it? What are the ethical issues and the practical ones?