Public Healthcare: Solutions

Public Healthcare: Solutions

Summarizing the key solutions

Multiple Choice

True or false: late stage cancer tends to cost more to treat than early stage cancer.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

What are the positive impacts of health screening for public hospitals (check all that apply)

• Increasing HK people's life expectancy

• Relieving manpower shortages of medical professionals

• Saving financial resources for other hospital treatments

• Making more bed space available

Multiple Select

Arguments opposing health screening may include... (Check all that apply)

• It may lead to more deaths as a result of unnecessary treatments

• It may solve the manpower shortage problem in hospitals

• It may lead to financial savings in the long-term

• It may cost the government more money in the short-term

Multiple Choice

The private sector only handles 10% of patients in Hong Kong, but employs around ____% of Hong Kong’s doctors

• 10%

• 30%

• 50%

• 70%

Multiple Select

Which of the following are factors that influence whether people get health insurance? (check all that apply)

• Age of individuals

• Cost of insurance

• A person's health conditions

• A person's knowledge on health insurance

• Helping to pay for private hospital expenses in the long-term