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crazycityslicker

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A 74-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. The hospital where he was admitted will be reimbursed by Medicare according to:
 
  A. his diagnostic-related group.
  B. the cost of his care.
  C. his length of stay.
  D. his clinical outcome.

Question 2

A nursing student learning about the critical thinking process begins with which of the following?
 
  A. Collecting data
  B. Identifying a problem
  C. Formulating a question
  D. Evaluating the results


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Established by Congress in 1983, the PPS eliminated cost-based reimbursement. Hospitals serving patients using Medicare were no longer paid for all costs incurred to deliver care to a patient. Instead, inpatient hospital services for patients using Medicare were combined into 468 diagnosis-related groups.

Answer to Question 2

B
The steps of the scientific method are as follows: Problem identification; Collection of data; Formulation of a question or hypothesis; Testing the question or hypothesis; Evaluating results of the study.


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Reply #3 on: Jul 22, 2018
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