Chapter 2
Choose the answer that best describes the following definition of health: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
Biopsychosocial model
The study of the health and health determinants of populations is called
Epidemiology
the assumption that governments allocate healthcare more efficiently is associate with
THE SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE
The rationing of healthcare based on price, or ability to pay, is associated with
The Market Justice perspective
The absence of illness or disease describes
The medical model of health
Mortality refers to
death
Morbidity refers to
having a disease or condition
Which of the following best describes US public health spending trends in recent years
spending has declined
The assumption that markets allocate healthcare more efficiently is associated with
the market justice perspective
The rationing of healthcare by a central planner is associated with
the social justice perspective