A Nurse Is Determining the Needs of a Selected Aggregate

question 17

Multiple Choice

A nurse is determining the needs of a selected aggregate. Eight percent of the aggregate has diabetes. Which of the following best describes the action that should be taken next to determine if this should be a priority?

• A) Ask the American Diabetes Association if 8% is a worrisome rate.
• B) Discuss the findings with the head of the public health department.
• C) Review the literature to determine the national and state diabetic rate.
• D) Determine what the aggregate's diabetic rate has been in the past.

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Definitions:

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy where resources are distributed in a way that maximizes the net benefit to society, with goods and services going to those who value them the most.

Marginal Cost

The incremental cost incurred when producing one more unit of a good or service. This is a different phrasing for the concept given previously.

Marginal Benefit

The additional satisfaction or utility gained by consuming an extra unit of a good or service, a reiteration with different phrasing.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

A federal law enacted in 2010 aimed at reducing healthcare costs and increasing health insurance coverage among Americans.