When a Patient Is Voluntarily Admitted to a Hospital

question 24

Multiple Choice

When a patient is voluntarily admitted to a hospital:

• A)a relationship is established between the patient and the hospital.
• B)and the patient signs admission forms, an implied contract is created.
• C)EMTALA applies to hospitals and physicians who participate in Medicaid.
• D)the hospital is required to treat the patient, regardless of diagnosis.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of values, from sample measurements, that is anticipated to capture the value of a hidden population parameter.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the distribution of sample means around the population mean, indicating the accuracy of a sample mean as an estimate of the population mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that likely contains the true value of an unknown population parameter.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sample distribution of a statistic, often used in the context of mean.