Global Health - correct answer ✔✔an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on
improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
Globalization - correct answer ✔✔worldwide changes in many aspects of peoples lives driven by
exchange of info across borders and characterized by 2 things.:
1) increased production of goods and services by developing countries
2) the expanded interdependence of developed and emerging economies (shi 2011).
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) spent how much on their GDP on
health - correct answer ✔✔9.5%
What was the average percent of GDP spent on health - correct answer ✔✔5.3%
pay for performance - correct answer ✔✔payment-related incentives often used by insurance
companies or gov payers to reward health care providers such as physicians and hospitals for meeting
preetablished performance measures for quality and efficiency.
clinical practice guidelines - correct answer ✔✔Evidence-based standardized protocols used to assist
healthcare providers in making appropriate healthcare and clinical decisions regarding specific
conditions or circumstances.
evidence-based medicine - correct answer ✔✔using the best available evidence acquired through the
scientific method to guide clinical decision making
cost sharing - correct answer ✔✔refers to the obligation of patients to pay for a portion of the health
care services they receive. Typically used as an incentive to avoid excessive or unnecessary utilization.
However, it may also deter appropriate utilization
, Factors that affect health care costs in developing countries - correct answer ✔✔aging populations and
technological progress
What country has the lowest life expectancy and highest cancer mortality rate - correct answer
✔✔Denmark
who spends a greater percentage on its GDP in healthcare - correct answer ✔✔Canada
communicable disease (infectious disease) - correct answer ✔✔an illness caused by some specific
biological agent or its toxic products that can be transmitted from an infected person, animal, or
inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host (HIV, malaria, TB etc)
noncommunicable disease - correct answer ✔✔refers to noninfectious disease typically long duration
and slow progression (cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease etc)
what percent of global burden of disease is caused by poor water sanitation - correct answer ✔✔10%
How many deaths a year due to acute diarrheal disease - correct answer ✔✔1.7 million
what percent of deaths is due to noncommunicable disease before age 60 - correct answer ✔✔80%
What percent is mental illness responsible for pertaining to global burden of disease - correct answer
✔✔13%
WHO-AIMS - correct answer ✔✔evaluates countries across several domains to present a broad picture
of their mental health provision capabilities, more than 80 counties use it
Nongovernmental Organizations - correct answer ✔✔an organization that is not part of the local or state
or federal government
WHO method framework - correct answer ✔✔allows Govs to efficiently promote and protect population
health
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