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Test your Health Policy Knowledge with True/False quizzes on US healthcare and health economics. Explore factors influencing Health Policy Knowledge (HPK) and its correlation with opinions on reform. Compare US healthcare statistics to other developed countries. Analyze survey results on the effects of HPK on healthcare reform approval. Assess the influence of demographics, education, and economic and health perspectives on policy opinions. Discover the significance of HPK in shaping views on crucial healthcare issues.
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Health Policy Knowledge and OpinionJeff MilyoUniversity of Missouri • Measure Health Policy Knowledge • T/F quiz on U.S. healthcare & health economics • What determines HPK? • Does HPK determine opinions on reform?
US Healthcare Quiz • Compared to other developed countries, the US has: • the highest healthcare expenditures per person (63% to 13%) • experienced the most rapid increase in healthcare expenditures per person over the last several years. (6% to 73%) • the highest life expectancy. (39% to 32%) • the lowest infant mortality rate. (34% to 34%) • For the last several years, more than 10% of the population in the United States did not have health insurance. (78% to 7%) • Overall score (0-100): mean=53 (sd=18) (+) liberal, male, white, postgrad, news
Health Economics Quiz • No free lunch (60% to 17%) • Law of demand (76% to 7%) • Law of supply (59% to 20%) • Pre-existing conditions (72% to 9%) • Adverse selection (21% to 51%) • Overall score (0-100): mean=68 (sd=18) (+) conservative (not education) Corr(Health, Econ) = -.18
Results • Effect of HPK on approval of healthcare reform • Mean approval (binary)= .43 (+) liberal, Dem, black • Econ (+ 1 sd) => - .10 (p<.01) • Health (+1 sd) => +.07 (p<.05) • In the US, more than 20,000 people die each year because they do not have health insurance. (Agree 51%; Disagree 25%) (+) liberal, Dem, postgrad, lay-about, low HS, newspaper • Add “life or death” to determinants of HCR approval: • Econ (+ 1 sd) => - .09 (p<.01) • Health (+1 sd) => +.03 (n.s.) • Insurance a matter of life/death => + .29 (p<.01)