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WGU C985 HEALTH CARE EXAM, DATA ANALYTICS
& ANALYTICAL METHODS EXAM WCOMPLETE 350
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➢ WGU C985 Health care Analytics
➢ WGU C985 Data Analytics
➢ C985 - Analytical Methods of Health Leaders
QUESTION: Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) - ANSWER-Acute care and skilled
nursing facility claims data. Demographics on patient, information on provider, on Medicare
coverage for the claim, total charges, charges broken down, codes and diagnostic related group
(DRG) data. Only contains data on Medicare patients.
QUESTION: Surveillance records - ANSWER-Medical screening and medical _______________
are two fundamental strategies for optimizing employee health. Medical screening is only one
component of a comprehensive medical _____________ program. The fundamental purpose of
screening is early diagnosis and treatment of the individual and thus has a clinical focus.
QUESTION: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - ANSWER-A part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency — making
important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
QUESTION: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - ANSWER-Is a set of large-scale
surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United
States.
QUESTION: Health Payment Systems Data - ANSWER-Data mined from billing/ coding
departments, many organizations use software or services to facilitate their process.
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QUESTION: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - ANSWER-Is an agency of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary Federal agency for improving
health care to people who are geographically isolated, or economically or medically vulnerable.
QUESTION: Accounts Receivable and cost data - ANSWER-Financial health is critical to any
organization. Managing financial data ensures adequate resources for long and short term
goals, and sound financial planning.
Linear regression - ANSWER-In conversations with her patients, a physical therapist notices that
patients who are on Workman's Compensation and have supportive supervisors, eager for
them to return to work, have more positive outcomes in rehabilitation than those patients
whose supervisors have a negative attitude toward their employee's injury: insisting they not
return to work until they are at 100% because if anything less they are "useless to the job".
What type of test could the therapist use to see if these two factors have a measurable
relationship?
QUESTION: Regression analysis - ANSWER-Data analysts at a large metropolitan hospital need
to determine risk factors associated with readmission within 30 days via the hospital's
emergency room among patients with COPD. The variables of interest include age, gender,
race/ethnicity, insurance status, and family support. Which statistical technique should be
used?
QUESTION: ANOVA - ANSWER-Several community health centers across a rural state are
gathering data on their pre-diabetic patients and using A1c levels as a baseline measurement to
include patients in a research project. Three different interventions will be applied.
One group of patients will receive a special diet to follow; the second group will work with
physical therapists on a regular exercise program; the third group will follow the diet and
engage in the exercise.
Which statistical test will be appropriate to use to determine which treatment is most effective
in controlling pre-diabetes?
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QUESTION: time series - ANSWER-A hospital CFO is analyzing the cost benefits of using the
patient reminder system, which was implemented over a year ago, to see if the automated
system results in less missed appointments ("no-shows").
She is comparing quarterly reports from this past year on volume of patients who did not show
up to their appointments, to the volume of patients of the previous year, who did not show up
to their appointments, to see if the automated system has proven effective. She is considering
other variables as she reviews the data, but is primarily analyzing the number of "no-show"
patients from last year's quarterly reports to this year's.
QUESTION: Cross-sectional - ANSWER-There are two standard treatments for children with
ADHD who display a specific set of characteristics. One treatment is a cognitive behavioral
intervention, and the other is a dietary and biomedical intervention. Both treatments have
equally strong clinical evidence supporting their efficacy. A researcher proposes a comparison
of the two interventions to determine which is preferable. The children will be randomized to
one of two groups: half of the children will receive the cognitive behavioral intervention and
the other half of the children will receive the dietary and biomedical intervention. Which test is
appropriate to determining the preferable treatment?
QUESTION: The mean (average) length of stay and
The mean number of providers seeing each patient each day - ANSWER-The vice president,
CMO, and Operations Team collected data on resources used by patients who have undergone
coronary bypass and the length of stays for a defined population of patients who received
CABG surgery. Since the raw data is complex to discuss and evaluate, the team will use
descriptive statistics to analyze the data to support their decisions for recommendations.
Which of the following descriptive statistics could prove the most useful?
QUESTION: National Healthcare Survey - ANSWER-Operates through CDC; the National Health
Care Surveys are designed to answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers,
public health professionals, and researchers.
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QUESTION: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) - ANSWER-Operates through the CDC:
data on birth, death, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths.
QUESTION: Public Health Databases - ANSWER-Incidence and prevalence of diseases, survival
statistics, high-risk populations, trends over time. Data gathered from medical records, surveys,
interviews. NCHS has responsibility for these databases.
QUESTION: National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) - ANSWER-This database is queried as part
of the physician credentialing process when applying for medical staff privileges and every two
years afterward. It contains data on medical malpractice, adverse licensure actions,
suspensions, certain professional review actions, such as denial of medical staff privileges.
QUESTION: CAUTI - ANSWER-Catheter associated urinary tract infection is an infection involving
any part of the urinary system, including urethra, bladder, ureters, and kidney
QUESTION: Post-op infection rate - ANSWER-Medical complications due to infection impact
patient recovery, often resulting in thousands of dollars in additional cost; data also beneficial
for improvement in infection control processes.
QUESTION: CLABSI - ANSWER-Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection
QUESTION: HCAHPS - ANSWER-Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems
QUESTION: Readmissions - ANSWER-The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added a section to the
Social Security Act establishing the Hospital Program. It requires CMS to reduce payments to
hospitals with excessive ________________. This was implemented back in 2012.
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