The Poor Are More Likely to Be Arrested, Charged with a Crime

question 60

True/False

The poor are more likely to be arrested, charged with a crime, convicted, and sentenced to prison; they receive longer sentences than middle- and upper-class criminals.

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Definitions:

UHDDS

Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set, a system for collecting and coding patient data for statistical analysis and health care decision making.

POA Assignments

Tasks or responsibilities assigned as part of a Power of Attorney agreement, whereby one party acts on another's behalf in legal or financial matters.

Codes

A system of symbols or sequences used to represent information.

DRG

Diagnosis-Related Group, a system to classify hospital cases for the purpose of Medicare and health insurance payments.