The most informative approach to determining a community's health needs is probably to survey the entire population. What is the primary reason this is not done?
A. A nurse would not know how to perform the survey.
B. Community members would often refuse to answer questions.
C. It would be too expensive in both time and cost.
D. No community agency would want to be responsible for the results.
ANS: C
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