HLTH 331 FINAL QUIZ 4 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What is risk adjustment - ANS Using statistical methods to account for population differences
unrelated to the outcome.
Benefits of risk adjustment - ANS Makes comparisons fair, improves cost prediction, prevents
unfair penalties for high-risk groups.
Direct adjustment - ANS Applying rates from a small population to a large reference
population.
Indirect adjustment - ANS Applying rates from a large reference population to a smaller
population.
Concurrent (retrospective) risk adjustment - ANS Using current-year data to predict
expenditures or future outcomes.
First step of developing a risk prediction model - ANS Define the population.
Predictor variables in a risk model - ANS Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What is risk adjustment - ANS Using statistical methods to account for population differences
unrelated to the outcome.
Benefits of risk adjustment - ANS Makes comparisons fair, improves cost prediction, prevents
unfair penalties for high-risk groups.
Direct adjustment - ANS Applying rates from a small population to a large reference
population.
Indirect adjustment - ANS Applying rates from a large reference population to a smaller
population.
Concurrent (retrospective) risk adjustment - ANS Using current-year data to predict
expenditures or future outcomes.
First step of developing a risk prediction model - ANS Define the population.
Predictor variables in a risk model - ANS Predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.