How does a prepaid health plan encourage efficiency in the provision of health care services?
a. It penalizes patients for overuse of services.
b. Health care providers can make higher profits.
c. The cost of individual services is set in advance.
d. It discourages the use of unnecessary tests and treatments.
d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. It does not penalize patients for overuse of services.
b. Incorrect. Prepaid health plans do not encourage efficiency by offering higher profits.
c. Incorrect. Prepaid plans do not set costs of individual services.
d. Correct. A prepaid health plan discourages the use of unnecessary tests and treatments.
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