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Author Question: Long-term health care facilities provide a. care only for the elderly. b. continuing health ... (Read 79 times)

@Brianna17

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on: Jul 16, 2018
Long-term health care facilities provide
 
  a. care only for the elderly.
  b. continuing health care.
  c. only basic physical care.
  d. a place where people go to die.

Question 2

Why must patients meet certain criteria for admission to subacute care units?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


milbourne11

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Because insurance companies will only pay for certain kinds of
care in subacute units and because patients are selected on the
basis of their potential for improvement.


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