Question 30 (part 2) · LDEK · Performance of healthcare systems

In the economic assessment of medical programs and for the purposes of pharmacoeconomic analysis, various types of healthcare related costs are taken into account. In this classification, the costs associated with a patient’s sick leave represent:

  1. A. direct medical costs.
  2. B. direct non-medical costs.
  3. C. indirect costs.
  4. D. immeasurable costs.
  5. E. incommensurable costs.
Hint

Ask whether the cost is spending on care itself or the value of work the patient cannot perform.

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