In addition to being effective in improving health, it is also important that nursing interventions be cost-effective. What question does cost-benefit analysis answer?
A. Can similar outcomes be achieved with less cost?
B. Can unlicensed assistive personnel give care equally rapidly?
C. Was the care appropriate and given correctly?
D. Was the nurse as efficient and as skilled as possible?
Question 2
Cost versus benefits analysis is typically done from the perspective of the third-party payer or the health agency administrator. Why is this perspective an issue?
A. Administrators and insurers focus primarily on costs, not benefits.
B. Administrators are not experts in cost-benefit analyses.
C. Administrators typically lack understanding of health care benefits used in such analyses.
D. The perspectives of the clients and their time, energy, and money are ignored.
Patients are encouraged to take an active role in their health care.
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