Analytical /
Methods
/ /
of
/ /
Healthcare
/ /
Leaders -
/ // /
D514 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
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?
Linear //regression
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?
Regression //analysis
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?
ANOVA
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.
time //series
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/
Methods
/ /
of
/ /
Healthcare
/ /
Leaders -
/ // /
D514 Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
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?
Linear //regression
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?
Regression //analysis
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?
ANOVA
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.
time //series
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/
