Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) were an early attempt to control health care costs. In this model, the provider (doctor) receives a capitation, which is a fee per person and not per treatment. The major shortcoming of this approach is that
a.) it still requires the patient to pay a fee.
b.) the incentive is to avoid going to the doctor
c.) it may lead to undertreatment.
d.) doctors may try to see a patient more often than necessary.
Answer: c.) it may lead to undertreatment.
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a. restricted the sale of heroin and cocaine. b. banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol. c. prohibited the medical dispensing of opiate-derivative drugs. d. legalized certain forms of opiate-derivative drugs.
Sociological study of homophobia has found that a. it occurs naturally in humans
b. it may be deeply embedded in individual's definitions of themselves. c. there is no institutional context for homophobia within the U.S. d. unlike in other countries, homophobia has little impact on attitudes within the U.S.
______ is an individual's use of his or her own personal sphere of influence to affect social change.
A. Antiracism B. Internalized racism C. Micropolitics D. Open dialogue
Trae frequently engages in recreational drug use and premaritial sex. These behaviors are best catergorized by what type of deviance?
a) Lower-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by constructionist sociologists b) Lower-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by positivist sociologists c) Higher-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by constructionist sociologists d) Higher-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by positivist sociologists