You have been called for a 63-year-old woman with slurred speech and right-arm weakness. On arrival, the patient informs you that the slurred speech and weakness have resolved. Since your assessment reveals no deficits, the patient insists on signing a refusal. Which one of the following statements should you make prior to having her sign?
A) "It would be best to start taking one baby aspirin every day; this will decrease the chance of this happening again."
B) "Sometimes seizures present this way; call your doctor in the morning to schedule an appointment."
C) "If this happens again, wait 10 minutes to see if you are okay. If the symptoms persist, call 911."
D) "You really need to be evaluated in the hospital. You are at significant risk for a future stroke."
D
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If a patient writes "paid in full" on a check, this means a. the medical office will not be paid for any additional costs not covered by the original check. b. the patient is not obligated to pay for any additional costs associated with that visit
c. the medical office will have some difficulty collecting any further payments from the patient for that visit. d. the bank will stop payment on the patient's account.
Which of the following health indicators is a measure of clinical preventive services in the U.S. population?
a. Percent of the population that is uninsured b. Number of adults with controlled hypertension c. Air quality index in metropolitan areas d. Number of homicides
When an objective, unbiased group of physicians reviews claims to determine what payment is adequate for the services provided, the process is called __________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Which design best describes this epidemiologic study?
An epidemiologist was interested in determining whether use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) causes gastrointestinal bleeding. S/he recruited 600 subjects who had been hospitalized with gastrointestinal bleeding and 600 subjects from the local community who had never been diagnosed with such a bleeding problem. Due to concern over their diagnosis, subjects who had experienced a gastrointestinal bleed were able to provide a more accurate recollection of their NSAID use, while the comparison subjects were more likely to underestimate their use a. quasi-experimental study b. cohort study c. cross-sectional study d. case-control study