Bakersfield College

HIM 105

MIDTERM REVIEW

CHAPTER 1

1)Which of the following is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the US population?

2. Which of the following are unprocessed facts and figures?
3. Health statistics provide information about the health of which of the following?
4. Which of the following is considered a source of primary data?
5. A census is defined as which of the following?
6. What is the term given to describe the count of patients present at a specific time and in a particular place in a hospital setting?
7. What are statistics that refer to important events in our lives, such as births, marriages, deaths, and divorces called?
8. A type of program that provides palliative care to patients and supportive services to families is called                                                    .
9. The type of statistics that describes the characteristics of a group or population is called

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10. The agency that tries to make healthcare safer; of higher quality; and more accessible, equitable, and affordable is                                                    .
11. A secondary source of data includes                        .

12. A division of the Department of Health and Human Services that manages the policies for the Medicare and Medicaid population is the                                                               .