DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
First Semester
HEALTH ECONOMICS
(Upto 2012-13 Academic Year and 2013 Calendar Year)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. State and explain the need for health policy.
2. What are the major divisions in economics?
3. Explain the concept of scarcity in health care.
4. Write briefly about health care system models.
5. Analyse the various constituents of cost of health care.
6. Point out the weaknesses of cost effective analysis.
7. What are internal economics? Explain.
8. How is competition in health care system regulated?
Explain.
Sub. Code
12
DE-315
2
wk7
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. State and explain the concepts associated with health
care system.
10. Discuss the nature and scope of health economics.
11. Narrate the types of elasticity of demand with an
illustration.
12. Define cost control and point out its objectives.
13. Explain the relevance of cost benefit analysis in health
economics.
14. Critically examine the cost control models in health.
15. Analyse the factors affecting health care.