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What historical event in 1910 initiated the trend towards scientific assessments in the medicine and health care field?

  • The Salk Vaccine Discovery
  • The Nightingale Report
  • The Hippocratic Oath
  • The Flexner Report (correct)

    • How did electronic computing capacity in the 1970s impact health systems assessments?

  • It had no significant impact on health system assessments
  • It resulted in small-scale evaluations based on narrow data sets
  • It led to time-consuming studies with limited findings
  • It transformed assessments into 'big health data' analyses (correct)

    • Why is it crucial for health care professionals to understand the assessment process according to the text?

  • To avoid contributing to system improvements
  • To limit their involvement in assessing system performance
  • To reduce the impact of assessments on their work
  • To contribute to and improve system performance (correct)

    • What do macrolevel efficiency analyses in health care focus on?

    <p>Comparisons between regions, states, and nations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country spent the highest proportion of its gross domestic product on health services in 2010 and 2014?

    <p>United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the United States compare to other countries in terms of per capita total expenditures on health care according to the text?

    <p>Spending more per capita and providing fewer basic health care resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factors were consistently associated with inequities in health care access and quality prior to the Affordable Care Act?

    <p>Socioeconomic status (SES), race and ethnicity, geographic location</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which groups were found to be more likely to have poor access to care and poor-quality health care according to various studies?

    <p>Low-income individuals, minority racial and ethnic groups, people in rural areas or inner cities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were some of the minority racial and ethnic groups mentioned in the text that were particularly identified as having poor access to care?

    <p>African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the main concerns regarding inequities in health care quality and access highlighted in the text?

    <p>Inequities in access to health care and in the quality of health care</p> Signup and view all the answers

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