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Public Health Issues - Chapter 28 Questions with 100%
VERIFIED Answers UPDATED!!!
Which of the following is the method of examining how medical
practice varies across geographical areas?
A) Geographical analysis
B) Meta-analysis
C) Meta-synthesis
D) Small-area analysis - ANSWER D) Small-area analysis
The epidemiologic study of medical care is called which of the
following?
A) Health services research
B) Biomedical research
C) Outcomes research
D) Healthcare surveillance - ANSWER C) Outcomes research
According to what agency, blacks have the highest death rate
and the shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the
United States for most cancers?
A) American Medical Association
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B) American Cancer Society
C) American Nurses Association
D) American Public Health Association - ANSWER B) American
Cancer Society
True/ False
Health service research studies the effectiveness, efficiency, and
equity of the healthcare system. - ANSWER True
True/ False
There is greater variation in practice for some treatments
compared to others, due in part to uncertainty about the
efficacy of some treatments. - ANSWER True
True/ False
Bringing outside pressure and scrutiny to medical practice in
one geographic area can help to reduce costs, as happened in El
Public Health Issues - Chapter 28 Questions with 100%
VERIFIED Answers UPDATED!!!
Which of the following is the method of examining how medical
practice varies across geographical areas?
A) Geographical analysis
B) Meta-analysis
C) Meta-synthesis
D) Small-area analysis - ANSWER D) Small-area analysis
The epidemiologic study of medical care is called which of the
following?
A) Health services research
B) Biomedical research
C) Outcomes research
D) Healthcare surveillance - ANSWER C) Outcomes research
According to what agency, blacks have the highest death rate
and the shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the
United States for most cancers?
A) American Medical Association
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B) American Cancer Society
C) American Nurses Association
D) American Public Health Association - ANSWER B) American
Cancer Society
True/ False
Health service research studies the effectiveness, efficiency, and
equity of the healthcare system. - ANSWER True
True/ False
There is greater variation in practice for some treatments
compared to others, due in part to uncertainty about the
efficacy of some treatments. - ANSWER True
True/ False
Bringing outside pressure and scrutiny to medical practice in
one geographic area can help to reduce costs, as happened in El
