1) A patient visits a clinic. She incurs $10 in travel costs and has a copayment
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1) A patient visits a clinic. She incurs $10 in travel costs and has a copayment of $20. The clinical's total charge is $60. The clinic spends $9 to bill the insurance company for the visit and uses resources worth $51 to produce the visit. The insurance company pays the clinic $40 and spends $11 to process the claim. Describe the cost of the visit from the perspective of the patient, the clinic, the insurer, and society.
2) Your hospital is considering opening a satellite urgent care center about five miles from your
main campus. You have been charged with gathering demographic information that might
affect the demand for the center
Explanation / Answer
from patient's perspective cost=10 + 20 = 30$
from hospital's perspective cost = 9+ 51-20-40=0$
from insurers perspective cost= 40+ 11= 51$
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