Which of the Following Is a Characteristic of a Health

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of a health maintenance organization (HMO) ?

• A)Exclusion of outpatient care
• B)Provision of benefits on a reimbursement basis
• C)Payment of physicians on a flat salary basis
• D)Payment of physicians on a fee-for-service basis
• E)Payment of physicians depending on the number of patients seen

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variation from the average for a set of data, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Consumer's Risk

The probability of accepting a batch of products that fails to meet quality standards during the sampling or inspection process, typically associated with Type II statistical errors.

Process Central Line

A line on a control chart representing the average or expected value of the process being monitored.

X-bar Chart

A type of control chart used for monitoring the mean value of a process over time.