Why would healthcare providers refer to Healthy People 2020 when providing public health/community health patient care?
1. It provides a plan to continue to improve the health of everyone in the United States.
2. It supports policies which provide monetary incentives to states who reach the benchmark goals.
3. It serves as a monitoring system that evaluates the health of all citizens.
4. It is mandated legislation that will result in a healthier population by 2020.
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Explanation: 1. Healthy People 2020 is a government plan to improve the health for everyone in the United States.
2. Monetary incentives are not part of the benchmark goal achievement for Healthy People 2020.
3. Healthy People 2020 is not a monitoring system, though data is collected and evaluated to determine objective achievement.
4. Healthy People 2020 is not mandated legislation but a health program for the US people.
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