Ibps So Agriculture Officer Scale I Exam Template With Answers

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IBPS SO Agriculture Officer Scale I
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions below:
The objectives of this article is to stratify interventions for diabetes according to their
economic impact. We conducted a review of the literature to select articles that performed a cost –
benefit analysis for 17 widely practiced interventions for diabetes. A scale for categorizing
interventions according to their economic impact was defined. The 17 interventions were classified as
follows: (1) clearly cost saving; (2) clearly cost – effective; (3) possibly cost effective; (4) Non – cost
effective or (5) unclear. Clearly cost – saving interventions included eye care and pre – conception
care. Clearly cost effective intervention included nephropathy prevention in type 1 diabetes and
improved glycemic control. Possibly cost – effective interventions included nephropathy prevention
in type 2 diabetes and self management training. Non cost effective interventions were not identified.
Interventions with unclear economic impact included case management, medical nutrition therapy,
self – monitoring of blood glucose, foot care, blood pressure control, blood lipid control, smoking
cessation, exercise, weight loss, [(Hba)sub.Ic] measurement, influenze vaccination and pneumococcus
vaccination. Widely practiced interventions for patients with diabetes can be clearly cost – saving and
clearly cost effective. These practices are attractive from a medical and an economic perspective.
Interventions for diabetes use current economic resources to obtain future benefits. Cost
saving or cost effective interventions can prevent the economic impact of long term complications
such as blindness, end – stage renal disease (ESRD) and lower extremity amputation (LEA), as well
as short – term complications, such as hospitalization well as short term complications, such as
hospitalizations for poor glycemic control. Is preventive care of diabetes a prudent allocation of
society’s assets?
We conducted a review of the literature and performed a limited economic analysis of the
costs and benefits of 17 widely practiced interventions for diabetes. These interventions included the
following: (1) eye care, (2) pre – conception care, (3) nephropathy prevention in type 1 and type 2
diabetes, (4) improved glycemic control, (5) self management, (6) case management, (7) medical
nutrition therapy, (8) self – monitoring of blood glucose, (9) foot care, (10) blood pressure control,
(11) blood lipid control, (12) smoking cessation, (13) exercise, (14) weight loss, (15) [HbA)sub.1c]
measurement, (16) influence vaccination, and (17) pneumococcus vaccination.
Data in the literature on the cost and benefit of an intervention are derived from either empirical
studies of experimental populations. [1] or from modeling studies of simulated populations. [2]
Modeling uses a set of formulas or a computer program based on assumptions about the accuracy of
screening methods, rates of disease progression to end – stage complications or death with and
without a particular treatment and treatment costs. In chronic diseases, empirical studies of
interventions, for which outcomes will not be evident for many years, are seldom performed because
of high costs and time delays. The relatively inexpensive and rapid results generated by modeling
studies are highly influenced by assumptions and represent predictions rather than observations.
Nonetheless, such studies have supplied most of the existing data about the economic impact of
interventions for diabetes.
1. To which of the following could we categorize this passage?
a) Medical
b) Types of Diabetes
c) Economic analysis of intervention of Diabetes
d) Prevention of Diabetes
e) None of The Above
2. According to the passage, intervention with nuclear economic impact does not include:
a) Pneumococcus vaccination
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