performance on this question when the hygienic practices of nurses cannot be separated, and vice versa. Accordingly, we excluded this question and others with similar predicaments from categories for which the questions skew the categories’ scores. As shown by the checked boxes in Table 4 below, we extract questions from 14 of the 20 component areas to allow the reader to evaluate performance from this additional perspective. Access to health care information, internal reviews, other services, chemical agent contraindications, staffing levels and training, and nursing policy are the only components without at least one question that fits into the five general categories. Table 4: Distribution of Medical Component Questions within the Medical Categories
Medical Component
Medication Management
Access to Primary Care Continuity Providers and Provider of Care Services Responsibilities
Chronic Care
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√
Clinical Services
√
√
Health Screening
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
Specialty Services Urgent Services
√
Nurse Responsibilities
√ √ √
√
√
√
Emergency Services
√
√
Prenatal Care/ Childbirth/Post-delivery
√
√
Diagnostic Services
√
√
Outpatient Housing Unit
√
√
√
√
Inmate Transfers
√
√
√
Clinic Operations
√
√
√
Preventive Services
√
Pharmacy Services
√
Inmate Hunger Strikes
√
√
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