Introduction to Chronic Disease Lecture 4

Question 1

What is the percentage that chronic disease in the 2 trillion spent on healthcare

Answer 1

75-80

Question 2

What are the activities that can aid in chronic disease?

Answer 2

Expand access, to do more prevention such as more funds into the public health

Question 3

chronic disease is responsible for

Answer 3

7-10 deaths each year

Question 4

WHO estimated in 2005 chronic disease caused how much all the deaths worldwide?

Answer 4

60%

Question 5

What is epidemiological surveillance?

Answer 5

the ongoing and systemic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data in the process of describing and monitoring a health event

Question 6

What is the three reasons fir epidemiological surveillance for chronic disease?

Answer 6

1) to identify groups of people who are at risk of developing chronic disease or who experience fewer benefit from intervention
2) To measure the effect of program intervention
3) To indemnify newly emerging chronic diseases

Question 7

What are the types of epidemiological surveillance?

Answer 7

Active (testimonies, funding, more accurate) and Passive (not accurate)

Question 8

What is Quality-adjusted life year(DALY)?

Answer 8

used often in cost-effective analyses