Match the term to the definition or description.
A. For each additional dollar spent, we obtain less of a gain in output, whether it is measured by increased life expectancy, lower mortality, or better quality of life.
B. Occurs when providers order additional or "unnecessary" tests to protect themselves in case of a lawsuit
C. The point in many health care treatments where we do not get any additional increase in health status for additional spending
D. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke
E. Treatment approach is based on the assumption that humans operate as "machines."
F. A law of physics that states that a body in motion, left to itself, will keep moving (similarly, a body at rest will stay at rest if it is left to itself)
A. Diminishing marginal returns
B. Defensive medicine
C. "Flat-of-the-curve" medicine
D. Leading causes of death
E. Mechanistic approach to the treatment of disease
F. Inertia
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