Question

A comorbidity is a hospital-acquired condition that contributes to an individual’s morbidity and/or mortality.

Question 1 options:

	True
	False

Question 2 (1 point)

Hospital value-based purchasing (HVBP) is a product of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that allows hospitals to receive monetary rewards if quality care is provided.

Question 2 options:

	True
	False

Question 3 (1 point)

A managed care organization (MCO) can utilize physician report cards and profiling of physicians in order to show employers the quality of care the MCO provides.

Question 3 options:

	True
	False

Question 4 (1 point)

People who are single tend to have higher mortality rates, which may be related to poorer health, risky behavior, and differences in lifestyle.

Question 4 options:

	True
	False

Question 5 (1 point)

Geographic information systems (GISs) provide useful descriptive data, but the slow retrieval process deters some epidemiologists and clinicians from using this tool.

Question 5 options:

	True
	False

Answer 1

Question 1: FALSE

Comorbidity is condition or conditions that occur along with another condition in the same person at the same time. It is called comorbidity.

Question 2: TRUE

Hospital value based purchasing is the process which provides the right to get rewards and incentive payments for the quality care provided to the Medicare beneficiaries.

Question 3: FALSE

MCO provides service to their beneficiaries to reduce Medicaid program costs and better health services. Improvement in health plan performance, health care quality etc. are the main objectives of the MCO.

Question 4: TRUE

People who are single tend have higher mortality rate which is due to poorer health, risky behaviors etc. Risky behavior leads to high mortality rate in developing countries.

Question 5: FALSE

GIS provides useful descriptive date to their users. Normally it does not have slow retrieval process, if there is some kind of issue it is not according to GIS it usually based on your system’s performance. Do restart you device once in a day if it is possible.