Question

The following is not a measure of health outcome:

a. Number of physicians per capita.

b. Population incidence of malaria.

c. Death rate for children under the age of 5.

d. Estimated men’s lifespan.

Answer 1

The answer is B - population incidence of malaria. This is more of a sanitation issue and can be avoided only with proper sanitation management in the city. The health professionals can help patients after they have contracted malaria and the rate or the number of people that contract malaria are not dependent on the health outocomes of the health department.

Option A is a measure of health outcome as the availability of suffieicnt number of physicians is important to be able to deliver timely and personal care to the patients. This is also likely to affect the patient reported outcome measures which captures their experience while being treated. The lack of efficient number of physicians in the emergency rooms is also important to be able to deliver quick treatment. Option C can also be considered as a measure of health outcome because the infant mortality rate can be tied to efficient care and proper treatment given to expecting mothers and infants right after they are born, which will go a long way in reducing the infant mortality rates. The last option, option D, is also a measure of health outcome because the lifespan is an indicator of improved healthcare and a person who has been given and is being given proper treatment is expected to live longer than someone who is not. This is also one of the main reasons that the developed countries with better healthcare have longer life expectancy rates among its population than developing nations.