Data on Water & Sanitation by WHO have shown that:
A. 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services & 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities. At least 892 million people continue to practice open defecation. Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80% of households without access to water on premises.
Between 1990 & 2015, the proportion of the global population using an improved drinking water source has increased from 76% to 90%. Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population & is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
C. 4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines. More than 80% of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal.
D. Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water & sanitation-related diarrheal diseases. ~70% of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes, & aquifers is used for irrigation. Floods & other water-related disasters account for 70% of all deaths related to natural disasters.
WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheEmergencyMedicalTreatmentandActiveLaborAct(EMTALA,1986)intheUSarecorrect?
A. EMTALA,enactedbythefederalgovernmentin1986,requiresthathospitalemergencydepartmentstreatemergencyconditionsofallpatientsregardlessoftheirabilitytopayandisconsideredacriticalelementinthe"safetynet"fortheuninsured,butestablishednodirectpaymentmechanismforsuchcare.
B. Indirectpayments&reimbursementsthroughfederalandstategovernmentprogramshaveneverfullycompensatedpublicandprivatehospitalsforthefullcostofcaremandatedbyEMTALA.MorethanhalfofallemergencycareintheU.S.nowgoesuncompensated.
C. Mentallyillpatientspresentauniquechallengeforemergencydepartmentsandhospitals.InaccordancewithEMTALA,mentallyillpatientswhoenteremergencyroomsareevaluatedforemergencymedicalconditions.
D. Oncementallyillpatientsaremedicallystable,regionalmentalhealthagenciesarecontactedtoevaluatethem.Patientsareevaluatedastowhethertheyareadangertothemselvesorothers.Thosemeetingthiscriterionareadmittedtoamentalhealthfacilitytobefurtherevaluatedbyapsychiatrist.Typically,mentallyillpatientscanbeheldforupto72hours,afterwhichacourtorderisrequired.
WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017) intheUSarecorrect?
A. On December 22, 2017 the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was signed into law by President Donald Trump. Inside the final version of the bill was a repeal of the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act, which required individuals and companies to get healthcare for themselves and their employees.
B. It was this mandate which kept healthcare costs down under the PPACA by promoting cost sharing over a larger pool. Economists believe the repeal of the individual mandate will lead to higher premiums & lower enrollment in the current market though they don't agree with how much.
C. In 2017 the new Republican healthcare bill known as the American Health Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives under President Donald Trump. Although the Affordable Care Act and the American Health Care Act both propose tax cuts in order to make insurance more affordable for Americans; however, each of these bills affected Americans in different ways.
D. The people most affected by President Trump's plan are young people, individuals of a higher socioeconomic status, and people who live in urban areas.
The general strategies to control Ebola virus disease outbreaks in 2014-2015 by WHO are:
A. behavioral and social interventions
B. control of vectors and reservoirs in nature
C. ethical, psycho-social and other supports
D. Ebola vaccine implementation
Healthpolicycanbedefinedasthe"decisions,plans,andactionsthatareundertakentoachievespecifichealthcaregoalswithinasociety"(WHO).AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization,anexplicithealthpolicycanachieveseveralthings:
A. itdefinesavisionforthefuture
B. itoutlinespriorities&theexpectedrolesofdifferentgroups
C. itbuildsconsensus&informspeople
D. itcanhelppeoplemakemoney