A Public Health Nurse Uses an Infectious Disease Tracker for Which

question 32

Multiple Choice

A public health nurse uses an infectious disease tracker for which of the following purposes?

• A) To collect data on adverse health effects
• B) To identify areas of the community that have patients with infectious disease
• C) To compare data on infectious disease from different communities
• D) To prevent further outbreak of disease through surveillance

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Definitions:

Positive Externalities

Benefits that are enjoyed by third-parties as a result of an economic transaction or activity, without them directly participating in the transaction.

Pigouvian Tax

A tax imposed on activities that generate negative externalities, aimed at correcting an inefficient market outcome.

Marginal Social Benefits

The incremental benefit the public receives from consuming an additional unit of a good or service.

Marginal Private Benefits

The additional benefits received by an individual or firm from consuming or producing one extra unit of a good, not considering external effects.