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Hearing and Economics: Clinical Decision-Making, presented in partnership with Salus University

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1.  The decision to select a given healthcare intervention is guided by assessing: The costs associated with the treatment intervention. The benefits provided by the treatment intervention. How the intervention compares to all illnesses, diseases, and injuries within healthcare. All of the above

2.  Which of the following is not a measure of health state utility? Cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-benefit analysis Hughson-Westlake method Cost-utility analysis

3.  The “gold standard” health economic evaluation method used in audiology is: Cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-benefit analysis Hughson-Westlake method Cost-utility analysis

4.  Where has audiology not kept pace with other healthcare professions? Production of services Outcomes measurements Impact of services to improve healthy aging. None of the above

5.  Which factors of health economic outcomes apply to decision-making? Resource allocation Efficiencies in resource use Identifying production functions that represent healthcare services All of the above