Test Bank Docx Technology Transfer in Health Care Ch.13

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Chapter 13

Fill-in-the-Blank

1. Technological advances take place through the process of __________________.

<Answer: innovation>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

Multiple Response

2. In the United States, health research takes place in which of the following?

[1] Hospitals

[2] National Institutes of Health

[3] Universities

[4] National Science Foundation

[5] Private industry

<Answer: 2, 3, 4, 5>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

True/False

3. Without patent protection, innovations would be greatly slowed unless governments were to fund product development as well as basic research processes.

<Answer: True>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

Multiple Choice

4. Which country has been the location of three very profitable pharmaceutical companies and introduced patent protection for drugs only in 1977?

[1] United States

[2] Switzerland

[3] Canada

[4] Germany

<Answer: 2>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

Multiple Response

5. In multi-country studies of the rate with which advanced technology treatments for heart attack were adopted, higher rates of diffusion were found in countries with fee-for-service reimbursement systems. Which of the following countries have adopted a fee-for-service system?

[1] Japan

[2] Korea

[3] United States

[4] Australia

[5] France

<Answer: 1, 2, 4, 5>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Technological Diffusion>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 105>

Multiple Response

6. The United States was found to be more productively efficient than Germany in the treatment of which of the following medical conditions?

[1] Diabetes

[2] Gallstones

[3] Breast cancer

[4] Lung cancer

<Answer: 2, 3, 4>

<Complexity: Difficult>

<A-head: Measuring the Contribution of Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 106>

True/False

7. At least until the mid-1980s, both Medicare and the prevalent indemnity form of private insurance encouraged a bias toward cost-increasing and quality-increasing innovation.

<Answer: True>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Measuring the Contribution of Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 106>

True/False

8. Studies show that the rate of product development is diminished in firms that have more contact with academic institution, which is particularly true with products that are radically new rather than incrementally changed.

<Answer: False>

<Complexity: Easy>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

Fill-in-the-Blank

9. The problem of ____________________is particularly serious in the pharmaceutical industry where development costs are very large compared to production costs.

<Answer: imitation>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 104>

Multiple Choice

10. By 1992, what percentage of cholecystectomies performed in the United States were laparoscopic?

[1] 60%

[2] 70%

[3] 80%

[4] 90%

<Answer: 3>

<Complexity: Moderate>

<A-head: Measuring the Contribution of Technological Change>

<Subject: Chapter 13, Page 106>