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mrsjacobs44

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What is one performance area where quality improvement (QI) is used to affect process and out-comes of health care?
 
  a. Provision of appropriate and effective care
  b. Elimination of access barriers
  c. Reduction of unjustified geographic varia-tion in care
  d. Application of managed care to all citizens

Question 2

A nurse is concerned that there is an overuse of services by clients receiving care from a local physician. Which of the following statements describes what is occurring in this situation?
 
  a. Treatment decisions are made conserva-tively.
  b. Disability and mortality are being reduced.
  c. Disparities in quality of care provided are increasing.
  d. Unnecessary tests, surgeries, and treat-ments are being ordered.


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Kdiggy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
With the application of QI strategies, specific areas of performance can affect both process and outcomes of health. These include reducing unjustified geographic variation in care; consistently providing appropriate and effective care; eliminating avoidable mistakes; lowering access barriers; improving responsiveness to clients; and eliminating racial/ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, and other disparities and inequalities in access and treatment.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The overuse of service group in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) problems of quality of care refers to the ordering of unnecessary tests, surgeries, and treatments. Overuse of services does not mean that treatment decisions are made conservatively; rather, ser-vices are being used more than they should. Disability and mortality may not be reduced through overuse of service. Disparities in quality of care do not match the definition of overuse of ser-vices.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 8, 2018
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