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Quiz for Introduction to Health Services Research Module 3

Module 3 offered information on who the main federal agencies and organizations are who are conducting health services research. Upon successful completion of this quiz you may request a Certificate of Success by clicking on the button located at the bottom of the answer page.


1. The former acronym for AHRQ was ... (select the acronym from the list below).

NCHS
CDC
NHIS
AHCPR


2. Which private entity was established in 1970 for the purpose of advancing and protecting the health of the public and which publishes numerous policy documents of importance to health services researchers? (Select the name from the list below).

AAMC
NICHSR
NAHDO
IOM (NAS)


3. What organization produces State Health Facts?

Kaiser Family Foundation
ISTAHC
HTAi
JCAHO


4. NICHSR is a librarian's best friend due to the links, databases, and content available on the site. True | False

True
False


5. ____________ is the principal biomedical research arm of the federal government and the major funder of biomedical research in the United States. (Select the appropriate agency).

Veteran's Administration
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institutes of Health
SAMHSA


6. The name of NCHS resource where most of the NCHS tabulated and micro-data is stored is called the _____________. (Select name from list below).

National Immunization Survey
Press room
National Health Interview Survey
Data Warehouse


7. HEDIS, the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set, enables managed care plans to standardize how they specify, calculate, and report performance data. HEDIS was developed by which agency. (Select the correct name from the list below).

ISTAHC
JCAHO
HTAi
NCQA


8. The entity that evaluates, accredits, consults, and sets standards for long-term care facilities, ambulatory healthcare organizations, home care agencies, hospices, hospitals, health care delivery networks, and organizations offering major mental health services is called (what)?

ISTAHC
IOM
HTAi
JCAHO


9. The Association whose major concern is technology and which publishes the journal, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care is called (what)?

American Medical Association (AMA)
Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi)
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


10. CMS serves several different audiences and and provides those audiences with information. Which important group served by CMS is missing from this list: the elderly, the poor, _________, health care providers?

the underserved
physicians
health administrators
children

 

Last updated: 21 May 2004
First published: 05 December 2003
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