Match the Term with the Appropriate Definition or Description

question 12

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
-States that if a hospital does have an emergency department, it must examine and stabilize all patients who seek care there, regardless of their willingness or ability to pay

• A)chiropractor
• B)baby boomers
• C)medical malpractice
• D)defensive medicine
• E)HMO
• F)epidemiology
• G)Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986
• H)predisposing factors
• I)program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE)
• J)adverse selection
• K)vertical integration
• L)morbidity rate

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Definitions:

Efficient

Refers to achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

Unbiased

A term used in statistics to describe an estimate or model that is accurate and not skewed by any factors.

Point Estimate

A single value given as an estimate of a population parameter that is of interest, usually derived from sample data.

Sampling Distribution

A statistical probability distribution derived from a high volume of samples taken from a particular population.