Author Question: Which of the following statements about home health care is true? 1. Home health care in the ... (Read 115 times)

mynx

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Which of the following statements about home health care is true?
 
  1. Home health care in the United States is relatively new, having been instituted in the mid-1940s to provide care for injured soldiers.
  2. The growth in home health care in the United States peaked in the mid-1980s following passage of legislation that created diagnosis-related groups.
  3. The number of nurses working in home health care in the United States has more than doubled since the 1980s.
  4. With passage of Medicare in the mid-1960s, home health care became less dependent on input and supervision of physicians and more autonomous for nurses.

Question 2

When comparing urban residents and rural residents, nurses working in rural areas should realize that
 
  1. Rural residents are less likely to have chronic diseases because of healthier lifestyles.
  2. Rural residents tend to be poorer (more likely to be impoverished).
  3. Urban residents are more likely to be very young or elderly.
  4. Urban residents are more likely to be uninsured or underinsured.
  5. Urban residents have less formal education.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2



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