One of the overall goals of Healthy People 2010 is to: 1. Increase li

One of the overall goals of Healthy People 2010 is to:

1. Increase life expectancy
2. Decrease health care costs
3. Promote managed care organizations
4. Establish the credentials of service providers

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ANS: 1
The overall goals of Healthy People 2010 are to increase the life expectancy and quality of life and to eliminate health disparities. The initiative of Healthy People 2010 is to improve the deliv-ery of health care services to the general public. The overall goal did not focus on reducing health care costs. Although managed care organizations may increase in number, this was not a goal of the Healthy People 2010 initiative. Establishing the credentials of care providers was not a goal of Healthy People 2010.