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PUBH 201 COL#2An intervention that reduces the cost while increasing the benefit (net-effectiveness) compared to the
comparison intervention - correct answer ✔✔Influenza vaccine saves $5 per use and improves outcomes
compared to not using the vaccine. Which of the following is best illustrated by this statement?
Early detection improves outcome, Substantial mortality and/ or morbidity, and Screening is feasible -
correct answer ✔✔What are criterion for successful screening, ___________?
Early detection improves outcome - correct answer ✔✔Screening has been shown to detect the vast
majority of cancers among women older than 50 years at a stage in which effective treatment is
available. Which of the following criteria for an ideal screening program is best illustrated by this
statement?
Establishing the cause of symptoms, Diagnosing disease in the presence of symptoms, screening for
disease and preparing for a procedure - correct answer ✔✔What are reasons that tests are used in
clinical practice?
Noncommunicable diseases - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following causes the largest proportion of
the mortality in most developed countries and an increasing number of developing countries?
False positive - correct answer ✔✔What is called when a person tests positive in the initial screening
test, but a confirmatory test shows that they do not have the disease?
They have benefits and harms - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following statements about vaccines
(attenuated/live or inactivated/dead) is true?
Pandemic - correct answer ✔✔A ________________ is an epidemic occurring worldwide and affecting a
large number of people.
Endemic - correct answer ✔✔What is called when a disease has become regularly present in a
geographic area and a routine (on-going, expected) cause of death or disease?
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