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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do hernia operations cost at Shouldice Hospital?
(a) Half what they cost elsewhere.
(b) About one-third of what they cost elsewhere.
(c) About one-fourth of what they cost elsewhere.
(d) About twice what they cost elsewhere.

2. At any given time, approximately what percent of practicing physicians are unfit to see patients?
(a) 3-5 percent.
(b) 1-2 percent.
(c) 5-6 percent.
(d) 7-8 percent.

3. What percent of patients with heart attacks who are seen in emergency rooms are mistakenly discharged?
(a) About 10 percent.
(b) About 25 percent.
(c) Between 1 and 5 percent.
(d) Between 2 and 8 percent.

4. What did Tommy Lasorda always eat before a game when he managed the Los Angeles Dodgers?
(a) Quiche.
(b) Macaroni and cheese.
(c) Linguine.
(d) Prime rib.

5. How many hospital patients suffered complications from treatment that prolonged their hospital stay or resulted in disability or death according to a Harvard Medical Practice Study in 1991?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 3 percent.
(c) 9 percent.
(d) 4 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What violation finally got Goodman in trouble?

2. What book did British psychologist James Reason write about errors?

3. How long after Bryce Shouldice left medical school did he begin performing hernia operations at Shouldice?

4. How many might attend an M&M at Gawande's hospital?

5. What was wrong with Lee Tran?

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