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MHA 708 Exam D Study Guide Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Define disparity - ANSWER Lack of similarity or equality;
inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank
What defines health disparities? - ANSWER Healthy People
2020
8 determinants to the scope of a health care problem (8 groups
of at risk people) - ANSWER 1. Racial inequities
2. ethnic inequities
3. gender
4. sexual orientation
5. age
6. access to medical coverage/insurance coverage
7. geographic location
8. health literacy
Recognition of ___ is crucial to the understanding of ___ -
ANSWER health determinants
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health disparities
*most significant* variable influencing populations is - ANSWER
insurance status
5 populations that are disproportionate with burden of disease
- ANSWER 1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. disabled
3. women
4. economically and educationally disadvantaged
5. medically underserved
Health disparities are difference in the .... (x6)
- according to Unequal Treatment (IOM) 2002 - ANSWER 1.
Incidence
2. Prevalence
3. Mortality
4. Burden of disease
5. Other
MHA 708 Exam D Study Guide Questions and Answers with
Solutions UPDATED!!!
Define disparity - ANSWER Lack of similarity or equality;
inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank
What defines health disparities? - ANSWER Healthy People
2020
8 determinants to the scope of a health care problem (8 groups
of at risk people) - ANSWER 1. Racial inequities
2. ethnic inequities
3. gender
4. sexual orientation
5. age
6. access to medical coverage/insurance coverage
7. geographic location
8. health literacy
Recognition of ___ is crucial to the understanding of ___ -
ANSWER health determinants
, 2|Page
health disparities
*most significant* variable influencing populations is - ANSWER
insurance status
5 populations that are disproportionate with burden of disease
- ANSWER 1. Racial and ethnic minorities
2. disabled
3. women
4. economically and educationally disadvantaged
5. medically underserved
Health disparities are difference in the .... (x6)
- according to Unequal Treatment (IOM) 2002 - ANSWER 1.
Incidence
2. Prevalence
3. Mortality
4. Burden of disease
5. Other
