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Module 7: Costs of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Test Your Knowledge Questions Pretest - Module 7

Pretests are designed to gauge your knowledge. Click in the circle or box next to the correct answer. Circles indicate that only one correct answer is possible. Boxes indicate that more than one correct answer is possible. A posttest will be at the end of the module so that you can see what you've learned.

In the United States, the costs associated with caring for persons with FAS may be as high as:

	A.	$2 million
	B.	$6 million
	C.	$16 million
	D.	$6 billion

The lifetime cost of each individual with FAS is $2 million or more.

	True
	False

Most information related to the cost of FAS falls into which of the following categories?

	A.	Total national cost of FAS
	B.	Lifetime cost of each child born with FAS
	C.	A and B
	D.	None of the above

There is a large amount of data related to both the cost of FAS and costs related to alcohol-related birth defects.

	True
	False

An issue relevant to estimating costs for FAS is:

	A.	Incidence or prevalence rate to use
	B.	Health effects and associated care and services to include
	C.	Adjustment for differences in value of current dollars versus future dollars
	D.	All of the above
	E.	None of the above

There is well-documented research about the State and local costs of FAS.

	True
	False

States can estimate their prevalence of FASD and associated costs through a cost calculator available from the Online Clinic run by Dr. Larry Burd.

	True
	False

Calculating true costs for FAS is very difficult due to the many variables associated with service delivery.

	True
	False

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