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| F |
Politically
charged (dialysis)
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| F |
Economically
motivated decisions are those that might
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restrict
eligibility for benefits for the services rendered
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under
new policies in order to minimize government
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spending
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2 |
Controversial
when it is economical
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2 |
Decision:
a recent decision of the federal government to
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consider
the costs for new procedures before determining
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whether
or not Medicare will pay for them
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Proper
way to do an economic analysis is to compare the cost
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effectiveness
of competing medical treatments, that is when a
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given
condition can be treated in more than one manner, the
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costs
of the alternatives can be compared
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