Which of the Following Statements Describes Location as an Enabling

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes location as an enabling factor of utilization?

• A) As travel time increases to hospitals and clinics, there are lower levels of utilization.
• B) Location influences beliefs and customs about how and when health care services are consumed.
• C) Location is a function of what region of the country patients live in and whether they are in an urban or rural area.
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Transitive

In logic and mathematics, transitive refers to a relation where if it applies between successive pairs in a sequence, it also applies between any two members taken in order. For example, if A is larger than B, and B is larger than C, then A is larger than C.

Preferences

Indications of the choices or selections made by individuals or groups based on tastes, likes, or desires, often influencing decision-making.

Condorcet Voting Paradox

A situation in social choice theory where collective preferences can be cyclic (i.e., not transitive), even if the individual preferences of voters are not.

Transitivity

In decision theory, the principle that if preference A is greater than B, and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C.