This post covers Health Care Data Agencies, as detailed below.
We learn that health care services require such elements as a robust financing mechanism; a well-trained and adequately paid workforce; well-maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies, and one important element is “reliable information on which to base decisions and policies” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Choose one (1) of the following agencies that collect health care data Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), or U.S. Census Bureau.
Once you have selected your agency answer the following questions:
1) Summarize the type of data the agency collects and how they ensure the reliability of their surveys.
2) Provide three (3) facts you learned from the agency’s most recent publication, resources, fact sheet or data related to current challenges in the U.S. health care system.
3) How do basic demographic characteristics of the U.S. population affect mortality and morbidity, and why is this important?
4) What health care system challenges are unique to the state you reside in? How do they relate to primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention?
5) In the city where you reside, what community based care, public health clinics, ambulatory care, outpatient, long-term, and emergency care are available to you?
In all written work use APA formatting, to include double-spacing, Times New Roman 12-point font, and APA formatted citations and references.
For further reading, see this external resource.
You can also explore more resources on our website.