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?
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