Equity in Health Must Be a Central Goal of Healthcare

question 21

Multiple Choice

Equity in health must be a central goal of healthcare professionals, citizens and their governments. An example of equity in health is

• A) locally produced and culturally appropriate health knowledge systems.
• B) treating everyone the same as you would treat yourself.
• C) implementing government developed health programs.
• D) health outcomes are omitted as part of the public infrastructure.

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Definitions:

Insurance Policy

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Expected Value

The calculated average of all possible outcomes of a random variable, weighted by their probabilities.

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Probability

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