A random sample of size n = 27 from a bivariate normal distribution yielded a sample correlation coefficient of r = 0.45. Would the hypothesis H0: = 0 be rejected in favor of H1: = 0 at an = 0.05 significance level?
HSA 3111 CHAPTER 3 STUDY GUIDE Evolution of Health Services in the United States The U.S. Health Care Delivery System The US health care system is shaped by anthrocultural values and the social, political, and economic antecedents. ü A national health care program has failed to make inroads § Although compromises have been made (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid) ü The ACA was passed without broad consensus from Americans Medical science and technology have played a major role in shaping US health care by: ü Influencing medical education ü Making it possible to deliver medical services in settings other than hospitals ü Promoting corporatization of medicine, both nationally and globally Four Main Eras in US Health Care Evolution ü Pre-industrial – consumer sovereignty • Medical practice in disarray • A trade, not a profession • Primitive medical procedures • Bleeding, emetics, purgatives • Missing institutional core • Almshouses and pesthouses • Dispensaries • Mental asylums • Unstable demand • Self reliance • Substandard medical education • Apprenticeship • College-based education lacked scientific training ü Post-industrial – professional dominance • American physicians gained professional sovereignty and resisted