A health care disaster may be categorized as:

a. Endemic.
b. Epidemic.
c. Pandemic.
d. All of these.


Answer: d
Feedback: Endemics, epidemics, and pandemics are all categorized as health care disasters. An endemic is a disease that spreads throughout a small area, such as a community. An epidemic is a disease that spreads over a large area. A pandemic is an epidemic that occurs over a very large geographic area.

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