Chapter 12 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Chapter 12 Health Care USA Understanding Its Organization and Delivery 8th Edition

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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Multiple Choice

1. Clinical research focuses primarily on:

1. results of patients’ medical care in a specified time period
2. steps in the process of medical care such as early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury
3. care for the chronically ill
4. cost-effectiveness of experimental interventions

Ans.:  B

Page:  469

2. The careers of all nurse practitioners who graduated in 2007 are being tracked to determine the appropriateness of their education to their subsequent work role. This is an example of:

1. a case-control study
2. an experimental study
3. prevalence study
4. a cohort study

Ans.:  D

Page:  470

3. Research studies may be observational or experimental. The essential difference between experimental and observational studies is that in experimental investigations:

1. The study and control groups are equal in size
2. The investigator actively intervenes by manipulating one variable to determine what happens with the other variable
3. Controls are used
4. A retrospective approach is used to collect data

Ans.:  B

Pages: 470-471

4. In conducting experimental studies, ethical issues may arise about:

1. Exposing research subjects to unknown risks or withholding beneficial treatments from control groups
2. Randomization in the selection of the research population
3. Requirements for long-term participation
4. Personal inconveniences of study participants

Ans.:  A