16 questions quantitative math for health services

  • Post category:Nursing
  • Reading time:8 mins read

16 questions quantitative math for health services

Attached are 16 Questions for Quantitative Math for Health Services. Most of the questions are posted on Chegg, but I do not have an account.

Please help with these 16 questions.

Question 2

 

What is an example of a non-monetary decision payoff for a health care professional?

years of life lost
years of life gained
personal satisfaction
stocks

Question 3

 

Which is an example of using relevant information for the purpose of determining the potential payoff of a decision?

whether to hire more staff or not
whether to invest in equipment or not
whether or not new technology is developed
adding service hours, minus resource cost, within reasonable estimates of potential volume increases

Question 4

 

What is a required component to consider for every decision?

alternatives
previous states of the world
examples of past payoffs
current technology

Question 5

 

Which formula calculates costs in a time period?

materials and supplies per unit of service x number of units
facility space x [cost of rent + utilities]
time spent on intervention x [salary + fringe]
total cost of equipment and maintenance x estimated lifetime of equipment

Question 6

 

Which method to determine costs involves using a provider-based approach?

direct observation
random observation
time diary
patient records
provider surveys

Question 7

 

Which method to determine costs is considered the least accurate way to collect information?

direct observation
random observation
time diary
patient records
provider surveys

Question 10

 

What is known as the difference between the earliest and latest start times for an activity?

slack time
delayed activities
total project time
critical path length

Question 11

 

The summed time of each activity on the critical path is known as what?

slack time
delayed activities
total project time
critical path length

Question 14

 

What is meant by an organization’s hurdle rate?

Hurdle rate is the maximum acceptable rate of return on a project.
Hurdle rate is the minimum acceptable rate of return on a project.
Hurdle rate is the minimum acceptable expenditure on a project.
Hurdle rate is the maximum acceptable expenditure on a project.

Question 17

 

How many categories of contributing factors are parts of a Fish Bone chart?

3
4
7
9

Question 20

 

What is the first step in quality analysis?

Collect data that describes the system outcomes.
Display the data using an appropriate TQM chart.
Identify and define the indicators used to assess quality.
Apply statistical process control techniques.

Question 21

 

Which external factor in healthcare strategic planning is concerned with income and education level?

socioeconomic
epidemiologic
economic
environmental
demographic

Question 22

 

Which type of planning focuses on organizational aspects spanning a one-year time period?

community
operational
business
master
strategic

Question 23

 

Which external factor in healthcare strategic planning is concerned with natal, mortality, and morbidity statistics?

socioeconomic
epidemiologic
economic
environmental
demographic

Question 24

 

Which type of planning focuses on a community of population over a 10-year horizon?

community
operational
business
master
strategic
Question 25

 

Which type of planning focuses on resource allocation decisions to achieve goals and objectives?

community
operational
business
master
strategic