Pharmaceutical sales representatives have access to information about physicians’ prescribing practices.

List and define the three parts of the healthcare trilemma. If you represented a Hospital Association during health debates over the Affordable Care Act, which part of the trilemma would you try to convince the public is the most important problem to address with the current system? What would you say is causing that problem? Explain how that framing would that serve the hospital industry’s strategic interests.

Lyon and Mirivel (in lecture) found that when it became clear that Vioxx raised heart attack risks with little benefit over competitor drugs, Merck (its maker) trained its sales force to:

The Oregon Death with Dignity Act:   A) Was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court B) Has been adopted in some form by more than 4 U.S. states C) Was supported by Republicans in Oregon but not Democrats D) Was repealed after too many patients requested to end their lives

Which argument about antibiotics in the food supply reflects the Precautionary Principle? A) The US beef industry says we should not reduce antibiotics in meat until scientific evidence about risks is certain  B) Europeans want to reduce antibiotics in the food supply because a we have good evidence that it is  harming human health  C)  U.S. consumer advocates say that antibiotics are unneeded because illnesses cannot cross between animals and humans anyway. D)  The FDA says that they are starting a study to investigate whether antibiotics in the food supply affect human health.

According to lecture, one way physicians engage in “disease mongering” is by:

A Japanese co-worker asks you how U.S. healthcare differs from other developed countries. Which of the following is accurate?

Which is the correct negation of the statement: “There exists an even prime number”?

When a government regulatory agency like the FDA  promotes the food industry instead of acting as a watchdog, this is called:

By law, pharmaceutical sales representatives can only provide physicians’ offices with educational material.