A nurse is assessing the health care disparities among population groups. Which area is the nurse monitoring?
a. Accessibility of health care services
b. Outcomes of health conditions
c. Prevalence of complications
d. Incidence of diseases
ANS: A
While health disparities are the differences among populations in the incidence, prevalence, and outcomes of health conditions, diseases and related complications, health care disparities are differences among populations in the availability, accessibility, and quality of health care services (e.g. screening, diagnostic, treatment, management, and rehabilitation) aimed at prevention, treatment, and management of diseases and their complications.
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ANS:
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