Family Medicine Clerkship Flashcards
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Q
What is specificity?
A
The proportion of people without disease who test as negatives. No=No
number of true negatives/# true negatives+# false negatives
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What is sensitivity?
A
true positives/# true positives+number of false positives
The proportion of true positives identified by a screening test.
yeS=yeS: SenSitivity
SNNOUT: A highly SeNsitive test, when Negative rules OUTdisease
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ATP III High Risk category
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CHD or risk equivalent
10-year CHD risk > 20%
3
Q
What percentage of the health of a population is contributed to by health care?
A
20%
Modifiable community and social factors contribute 80%
