HMS, HIC 2014 HSC 3 MC

What is the purpose of epidemiology?

To identify causes and patterns of disease in a population
To track hospital admission rates and ambulance response times
To determine how health care budgets are managed by governments
To monitor prescription medicines being administered by doctors to their patients

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A is correct: Epidemiology studies disease causes and patterns in populations.

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B is incorrect: Hospital tracking is health service monitoring not epidemiology.
C is incorrect: Budget management is health economics not epidemiology.
D is incorrect: Prescription monitoring is pharmaceutical surveillance not epidemiology.