AFMC 6 Flashcards
1
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3 broad applications of health measures
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- diagnostic instruments - suggest a diagnosis
- prognostic instruments - include screening tests and other info to give idea of outcome
- evaluative measures - record change in health over time and record outcomes of care
2
Q
2 types of evaluative measres
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- disease specific
2. generic
3
Q
what are quality adjusted life years
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- incorporate QOL into outcomes
- take additional number of years lives and multiply by QOL judgment
4
Q
what are disability adjusted life years
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focus on impact of disability in forming weighting of life years
5
Q
health adjusted life years
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base valuation on positive impact of good health
6
Q
what is reliability
A
dependability
7
Q
what is validity
A
accuracy - is it measuring what we thinnk
8
Q
most important assessment of validity in medicine
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criterion - compares the results of our measure to some gold standard measure
