首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the
The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the
admin
2018-08-25
60
问题
The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or "provider" and purchaser or "consumer" in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Such condition, however, does not prevail in most of the health-care industry. In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a physician—and even then there may be no real choice—it is the physician who usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return "next Wednesday", whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is a rare and sophisticated patient who will challenge such professional decisions or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as serious.
This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the physician who is the real "consumer." As a consequence, the medical staff represents the "power center" in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.
Although usually there are in this situation four identifiable participants—the physician, the hospital, the patient, and the payer(generally an insurance carrier or government)—the physician makes the essential decisions for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the physician; the payer generally meets most of the bills generated by the physician/hospital, and for the most part the patient plays a passive role. We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health-care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, the economy directed at patients or the general is relatively ineffective.
What’s the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?
选项
A、To criticize doctors for exercising too much control over patients.
B、To analyze some important economic factors in health-care.
C、To urge hospitals to reclaim their decision-making authority.
D、To inform potential patients of their health-care rights.
答案
B
解析
文章首段表明本文将要讨论卫生保健行业中医生和病人的特殊经济关系,其余三段分析了这种经济关系的特别之处,由此可见,选项B可以概括本文主题,故为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/0hH7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Toseeifhaircoloraffectsaperson’schancesofgettingajob,researchersatCaliforniaStateUniversityasked136colleges
Oneofthebiggestchallengesfacingemployersandeducatorstodayistherapidadvanceofglobalization.Themarketplaceisno
Oneofthebiggestchallengesfacingemployersandeducatorstodayistherapidadvanceofglobalization.Themarketplaceisno
Inmanystressfulsituationsthebody’sresponsescanimproveourperformance.Webecomemore【B1】______,morealert,betterabl
Sowe’vealreadytalkedabitaboutthe【B1】______ofextremesportslikerock-climbing.Aspsychologists,weneedtoaskourselve
Sowe’vealreadytalkedabitaboutthe【B1】______ofextremesportslikerock-climbing.Aspsychologists,weneedtoaskourselve
A、Peoplearedrivingcarswithelectricity.B、Scientistsareproducingcleanerenergies.C、Factoriesareinstallingsmoke-cleani
A、Physicalmessage.B、Visualmessage.C、Storymessage.D、Verbalmessage.A
Manycountrieshaveaholidaytocelebrateworkers’rightsonoraroundMay1,butLabourDayinCanadaiscelebratedonthefir
A、ThePacificOcean.B、SanJoaquinValley.C、MojaveDesert.D、OregonandWashington.D细节题。根据文章最后一段CaliforniahasitsPacificcoa
随机试题
信念是人们在一定的认识基础上确立的对某种思想或事物坚信不疑并身体力行的精神状态。以下关于信念的说法正确的有()
Thegoodserviceatthehotel______thepoorfoodtosomeextent.
MostoftheguestswhocomeonourtripshaveneverbeentoEgyptbefore.Wewanttomakeeveryonecomfortableandatease,butw
对先天性胆囊位置异常描述错误的是()
DSA导丝的作用是
某施工单位承接了一座中型桥梁施工任务。在施工中由于多种原因发生了几次质量事故。事故1:某连系梁浇混凝土时由于模板施工问题,出现较多的蜂窝、麻面,质量较差,监理要求修复,造成直接经济损失(包括修复费用)15万元。事故2:由于某混凝土结构施工完成后,经取样
企业向银行取得借款100万元,年利率5%,期限3年。每年付息一次,到期还本,所得税税率30%,手续费忽略不计,则该项借款的资金成本为( )。
A、B、C三人从法学院毕业后,一人去了律师事务所,一人去了法院,一人去了检察院。甲、乙、丙三人做了以下猜测:甲:“A去了律师事务所,B去了法院。”乙:“A去了法院,C去了律师事务所。”丙:“A去了检察院,B去了律师事务所。”如果甲、乙、丙三人的猜测都只对了
()在翻译的语言问题上也作了一系列精彩的论述。他认为白话文“一无规则、二无体制”。
Whenmymother’shealthwasfailing,Iwasthe"bad"sisterwholivedfarawayandwasn’tinvolved.Mysisterhelpedmyparents.
最新回复
(
0
)