ANALYTICAL METHODS OF HEALTH LEADERS (SET 8) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A+ GRADED

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1. In conversations with her patients, a physical therapist notices that patients
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who are on Workman's Compensation and have supportive supervisors, eager
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for them to return to work, have more positive outcomes in rehabilitation than
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those patients whose supervisors have a negative attitude toward their
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n employee's injury: insisting they not return to work until they are at 100%
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n because if anything less they are "useless to the job".
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What type of test could the therapist use to see if these two factors have a
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measurable relationship?: Linear regression
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2. Data analysts at a large metropolitan hospital need to determine risk factors
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associated with readmission within 30 days via the hospital's emergency room
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among patients with COPD. The variables of interest include age, gender,
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n race/ethnicity, insurance status, and family support. Which statistical tech-
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n nique should be used?: Regression analysis
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3. Several community health centers across a rural state are gathering data on
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their pre-diabetic patients and using A1c levels as a baseline measurement to
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include patients in a research project. Three different interventions will be
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One group of patients will receive a special diet to follow; the second group will
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work with physical therapists on a regular exercise program; the third group
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will follow the diet and engage in the exercise.
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Which statistical test will be appropriate to use to determine which treatment is
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most effective in controlling pre-diabetes?: ANOVA
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4. A hospital CFO is analyzing the cost benefits of using the patient reminder
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system, which was implemented over a year ago, to see if the automated system
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results in less missed appointments ("no-shows").
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She is comparing quarterly reports from this past year on volume of patients
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who did not show up to their appointments, to the volume of patients of
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the previous year, who did not show up to their appointments, to see if the
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n automated system has proven effective. She is considering other variables as
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she reviews the data, but is primarily analyzing the number of "no-show"
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patients from last year's quarterly reports to this year's.: time series
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5. There are two standard treatments for children with ADHD who display
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n a specific set of characteristics. One treatment is a cognitive behavioral
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n intervention, and the other is a dietary and biomedical intervention. Both
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n treatments have equally strong clinical evidence supporting their efficacy.
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A researcher proposes a comparison of the two interventions to determine
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which is preferable. The children will be randomized to one of two groups: half of
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n the children will receive the cognitive behavioral intervention and the other half
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n of the children will receive the dietary and biomedical intervention. Which test
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n is appropriate to determining the preferable treatment?: Cross-sectional
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6. The vice president, CMO, and Operations Team collected data on resources
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n used by patients who have undergone coronary bypass and the length of stays for
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n a defined population of patients who received CABG surgery. Since the raw data
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n is complex to discuss and evaluate, the team will use descriptive statistics to
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n analyze the data to support their decisions for recommendations. Which of the
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n following descriptive statistics could prove the most useful?: The mean (average)
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The mean number of providers seeing each patient each day
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7. Operates through CDC; the National Health Care Surveys are designed to
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n answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers, public health
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8. Operates through the CDC: data on birth, death, marriages, divorces, and
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n fetal deaths.: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
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9. Incidence and prevalence of diseases, survival statistics, high-risk popula-
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