PRE-ASSESSMENT: ANALYTICAL METHODS OF
HEALTH LEADERS RAO2 ACTUAL EXAM 2025
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The quality improvement Time-series
team is reviewing
quarterly incident reports
and evaluating the effect
of Six Sigma strategies on
the quantity of
medication errors over
the past two years. The
team hypothesizes a
continuous reduction in
medical errors for each
quarter. The sample
consists of patient clinical
and demographic
characteristics.
Unfortunately, causation
cannot be determined
from the data available.
Which research method
should be used to test
the team's hypothesis?
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A hospital researcher has Cross-sectional
access to one year of
hospital emergency
department claims data.
The researcher is
investigating the
association of race on
the timeliness of delivery
of care. The sample
includes information on
patient demographics,
insurance information,
and emergency
department factors. Due
to patient confidentiality,
the sample does not
include patient clinical
information and
outcomes. Which
research method should
be used?
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A policy analyst is Time-series
interested in determining
if the prospective
payment system (PPS)
has improved hospital
efficiency over time
during the past ten years.
The sample for analysis
consists of ten years of
data after the
introduction of the PPS
and includes measures of
efficiency and other
relevant control
variables. The analyst
hypothesizes that
hospital efficiency should
have increased each year
after the PPS was
implemented. Which
research method should
the analyst use?
Which type of data Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes
analysis could be used in
quantitative research?
What is a characteristic of Introduces subjectivity to data collection
qualitative research
methods?
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