A student nurse is preparing an assignment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Which is a function of the CDC that needs to be included in the written assignment?
A) Maintaining national health statistics
B) Reviewing clinical testing done by companies
C) Administering Medicare and Medicaid programs
D) Providing research projects for health-related subjects
A
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The function of the CDC is to maintain national health statistics. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews clinical testing done by individual companies. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administer the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide for research projects on thousands of health-related subjects.
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