WGU C985 Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ Approved by the Professor
A facilitator meets with several healthcare staff members to get feedback and input about how the staff thinks the goal of increasing hand washing through observation methods has worked.
Which research method is being used by the facilitator? - CORRECT ANSWER: Focus
Group
A group of doctors studied exercise tolerance in obese patients in a clinical trial. The doctors examined computer-assisted and conventional treatment programs to identify whether computer-assisted methods would reduce risk of injury.
Which risk adjustment technique should be used for this study? - CORRECT ANSWER: Stratification analysis
A healthcare administrator decided to implement email safety training classes for all employees after reading about computer hacks through phishing. An exam was given to the employees after the training.
How should the organization use the pass rate data from the assessment? - CORRECT
ANSWER: To see if additional educational efforts are needed
A hospital financial analyst is evaluating the return on investment following the purchase of new endoscopy equipment.
Which data source is needed for an analysis report? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Reimbursement records
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A hospital is experiencing a high rate of nursing turnover during the first year at the hospital. There are many theories as to why turnover in this cohort is so high. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked the nursing director to study this further and develop some tactics to improve nursing retention. The director plans to gather data, conduct some statistical analysis, and report back to the CEO with an improvement plan.
How should the nursing director apply cluster analysis to study this issue? - CORRECT
ANSWER: By grouping nurses into categories related to the reasons they resigned
A hospital researcher has 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? - CORRECT ANSWER: Cross Sectional
A hospital researcher is interested in investigating the association between hospital ownership (i.e., government, investor, and not-for-profit) on overall hospital quality scores.
Research Methods A cross-sectional data set of all urban hospitals from eight states is used in this study.The data were obtained from various administrative databases: Medicare Hospital Cost Report Information System, the American Hospital Association, and the Area Health Resource File. Descriptive statistics are used to summarize the data. An ordinary least squares regression is used to test the relationship between ownership status and hospital quality while controlling for hospital and market characteristics.
Which component is missing from these research methods? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Research design
A hospital researcher is interested in the association between patient satisfaction and hospital market share. The researcher hypothesizes that increased patient satisfaction will lead to an increase in hospital market share.
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