Why did home care agencies expand in the 1980s?
A. Clients discovered they much preferred home care to hospital care.
B. The diagnostic-related group (DRG) system of reimbursement was phased into hospitals.
C. An increased number of elderly and poor became eligible for care because of federal legislation.
D. There was a lack of interest by American society in contributing to charitable causes.
Question 2
Visiting nurses associations (VNAs) were developed by wealthy women who wanted to assist the poor by supporting home care. Who gives the most home care today?
A. Hospital-based home care agencies
B. Local and county health departments
C. Privately owned, but nonprofit, entrepreneurial home care agencies
D. Proprietary for-profit incorporated home health agencies
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