MH0051-Health Administration

FALL-2015
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Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 3
MH0051-Health Administration
(Book ID: B1212)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each. Each Question carries
10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. Explain the types of epidemiological studies and list the uses of epidemiology.
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Explanation of the types of epidemiological studies
Uses of epidemiology
Answer. There are four most common types of epidemiological studies:
1. Cohort Study
The "What will happen to me?" study follows a group of healthy people with different levels of
exposure and assesses what happens to their health over time. It is a desirable design because
Q2. Describe the demographic profile of India.
Answer. The demographic feature of Indian economy states characteristics of population
constitutes the human resources of a country. The population is vital from the point of economic
growth and resources of the country. India’s population is rising geometrically where as
production rises arithmetically, according to 2001 census the population is about 102 cores. The
demography of India’s population is like the density of population, age composition, sex
composition, literacy rate, life expectancy and rural-urban ratio etc.
Q3. Define disaster management. Explain the steps in disaster management.
Answer. Disaster management:
Planned steps taken to minimize the effects of a disaster, and to be able to proceed to business
continuity stage. A disaster as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society.
Disasters involve widespread human, material, economic or environmental impacts, which exceed
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
Q4. What is ergonomics? Discuss the occupational related legislations in India.
Answer. Meaning of ergonomics: An applied science concerned with designing and arranging
things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also
biotechnology, human engineering, human factors. A science that deals with designing and
arranging things so that people can use them easily and safely.
Ergonomics is the science of refining the design of products to optimize them for human use.
Human characteristics, such as height, weight, and proportions are considered, as well as
information about human hearing, sight, temperature preferences, and so on. Ergonomics is
sometimes known as human factors engineering.
Legislations:
Q5. Explain the different types of health insurance policies in India.
Answer. Health insurance can be defined as insurance against the future medical expenditure of a
person. This means that when someone takes a health insurance plan he or she expects a certain
amount of medical expense to be there in future and that individual is paying for that in the
present in the form of premium. The main aim of a health insurance plan is to make sure that
people have enough money to take care of their emergency medical requirements when they get
old.
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Q6. Discuss the impact of lifestyle diseases on healthcare industry and economy.
Answer. Lifestyle diseases share risk factors similar to prolonged exposure to three modifiable
lifestyle behaviours -- smoking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity -- and result in the
development of chronic diseases, specifically heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, metabolic
syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and some types of cancer.