The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia is concerned about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage will pay for his care. The nurse's most helpful response is:
a. Yes. Medicare pays 100 of all medical costs for persons over 65.
b. Yes. Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physicians fees.
c. Yes. Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
d. Yes. Medicare Part D pays 80 of the charges made by physicians.
Question 2
The nurse points out that the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older adult is:
a. Medicare and Medicaid.
b. elimination of the mandatory retirement age.
c. Americans with Disabilities Act.
d. the Drug Benefit Program.
Changes in boreal forest composition along a chronosequence in Quebec. Dates refer to the year of th
The nitrogen cycle. Numbers represent fluxes as 1012 g N per year (data from Schlesinger 1991, after
Lobar pneumonia.
Severe contact dermatitis.
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.
The average weight gain between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day is about a pound