Across
- 2. — A presumptive identification of unrecognized disease in an apparently healthy population using rapid tests or exams
- 5. — The process of sorting a patient population into distinct risk groups to optimize care management.
- 10. — A standardized measure used to track, evaluate, and benchmark clinical performance or patient outcomes.
- 14. — The quantification or description of the use of healthcare services, such as emergency room visits or specialist consults.
- 15. — The absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences in health status among patient populations.
- 16. — The branch of medicine dealing with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in populations.
Down
- 1. — Social, economic, and physical environmental factors that shape individual and community health (Abbr. SDOH).
- 2. — The process of sorting a patient population into distinct risk groups to optimize care management.
- 3. — A value-based payment model where providers receive a fixed amount per assigned patient per period.
- 4. — Measurable changes in health status, such as mortality rates, disease management, or quality of life.
- 6. — A preventable difference in the burden of disease, injury, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that is experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
- 7. — An urban or rural area where residents lack access to affordable, healthy food options (e.g., Food _____).
- 8. — The total number of both old and new cases of a specific disease present in a population at a given time.
- 9. — A programmatic action, treatment, or policy designed to improve health outcomes in a target cohort.
- 11. — The simultaneous presence of two or more chronic diseases or medical conditions in a single patient.
- 12. — The primary care delivery style of population health, focused on outreach and prevention rather than waiting for patients to get sick.
- 13. — The foundational population health equation calculating health outcomes achieved per dollar spent.