Dr. LeFevre is reimbursed for his clinical work under a model where he receives incentives for providing high-quality yet efficient services. In other words, he is paid more if he achieves a good patient outcome in 8 sessions than if he achieves a similar outcome with a similar patient in 12 sessions. What is the term for this type of reimbursement model?
a. pay-for-performance disease-management model
b. treatment efficiency maximization model
c. efficient contingency reward model
d. consumer-directed health-care model
A
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a. The research may be unethical. b. People often behave differently when they know they are being observed. c. His sample is insufficiently representative for naturalistic observation. d. Study participants tend to want to appear socially appropriate.
Maggie, who just found out she is four weeks pregnant, has syphilis. A competent doctor would most likely advise her to
a. have an abortion, as the child will be severely deformed from the disease. b. take penicillin treatments that will significantly reduce the chances that the syphilis will impact her baby. c. be prepared for a baby that will be born blind, as she has already passed the point where treatments are effective. d. not treat the disease until the child is delivered, as the medications used would cross the placental barrier and cause more damage to the unborn child than would the disease itself.
In the Binet-Simon test, intelligence is measured by cognitive abilities.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Very short-term bursts of stress can have a beneficial effect on many biological systems, including the _____ system, which is your body’s frontline defense against infection and cancer
a. ?immune b. ?nervous c. ?circulatory d. ?respiratory