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