The National Health Interview Survey is conducted annually by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By examining information gathered from sampling, it was able to announce that 14.1 percent of all Americans lacked health care insurance In 2001. A health care organization doing research on patient non-payment would refer to this information as ________data.
A)secondary
B)primary
C)observation al
D)proprietary

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The information obtained from the National Health Interview Survey is already collected and available for use, making it secondary data. Primary data would be collected by the health care organization through its own research methods. Observational data refers to data collected through direct observation, which is not the case here. Proprietary data refers to information that is owned by a specific organization and not publicly available.

The National Health Interview Survey Is Conducted Annually by the Centers