Implementing Quality Performance Standards in Public Health Is Important Because

question 21

Multiple Choice

Implementing quality performance standards in public health is important because:

• A) They are used to guide improvement in the public health system.
• B) They rigidly control public health.
• C) Administrators will not monitor public health at the local level, but instead at the national level.
• D) They can be used as hiring guidelines for nurses.

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Definitions:

Consumer Price Index

An index measuring the change over time in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

Purchasing Power

The real value of money in terms of the quantity of goods or services that one unit of money can buy.

Annual Interest Rate

The percentage rate at which interest is charged or paid on an amount over a year.

Inflation

Refers to the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and subsequently, purchasing power is falling.