A local health department provides a hypertension screening to all individuals. Which of the fol-lowing general categories of health care functions is being used?
a. Direct services
b. Financing
c. Information
d. Policy setting
ANS: A
Direct services are actions that provide health care directly to individuals. Financing occurs as the government pays for health care services. Information is used as all branches and levels of gov-ernment collect, analyze, and disseminate data about health care and health status of the citizens. Policy setting occurs as all branches of government make policy decisions about health care.
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