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__________ is any system of cost containment that closely monitors and controls health care providers’ decisions about medical procedures, diagnostic tests, and other services that should be provided to patients.​

​Sociologist Ernest Burgess developed the __________, which is a description of the process of urban growth that views the city as a series of circular areas, each characterized by a different type of land use that developed from a central core.

From the conflict perspective, which of these groups benefits the least from the current U.S. health care system?

There is a subjective component to how some conditions such as childhood obesity, drug addiction, and alcoholism have come to be considered as diseases. This subjective process is called __________.

​The __________ is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a given year.

Stem cells are important medically because_____________________.

__________ refers to unsubstantiated reports on an issue or subject.

How did the industrial revolution change population patterns?

A(n) __________ is a form of crowd behavior that occurs when a large number of people react to a real or perceived threat with strong emotions and self-destructive behavior.​

What recent invention do you think has had the greatest impact on our society? Explain        your answers.