Coded and Administrative Data Are Used by Public Health Agencies

question 20

Multiple Choice

Coded and administrative data are used by public health agencies for

• A) Reimbursing health services provided.
• B) Planning related to health care services.
• C) Tracking and preventing disability and disease.
• D) Pay for performance.

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Definitions:

Organization

A structured group of individuals working together to achieve common goals.

Poisson Probability Distribution

Describes the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate.

Business Processes

A set of tasks and activities that are sequentially organized to achieve a specific organizational goal or objective.

Independent Events

Two or more events where the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the others.