To Ensure Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Systems Should Be

question 1

Multiple Choice

To ensure healthcare quality, healthcare systems should be:

• A) Cost-effective, well-funded, and adequately staffed
• B) Safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable
• C) Heavily regulated, independent, and well-funded
• D) Part of academic systems, efficient, safe, and patient-centered.

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Definitions:

Overstate

To overstate means to describe or value something in a way that is excessively high or inflated beyond its true worth.

Inflation

How quickly the average price level of goods and services escalates, resulting in reduced purchasing ability.

Cost-push Inflation

A type of inflation caused by an increase in the cost of production inputs, leading to a decrease in aggregate supply in the economy.

Union Wage

A wage rate that has been negotiated by a labor union on behalf of its members, often higher than the market rate for non-unionized workers.