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Capo

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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


elyse44

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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