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In colonial America, the primary functions of hospitals were to: -
ANSWER ✔✔shelter older adults, the dying, orphans, and vagrants
and protect community residents from contagiously sick and mentally ill
persons.
The development that contributed most significant to the decline of the
social mission of voluntary hospitals was the: - ANSWER
✔✔enactment of private and public insurance reimbursement for hospital
care
, The ultimate responsibility for everything that happens within a hospital,
including the medical and nursing care provided, rests with a hospital's: -
ANSWER ✔✔board of directors.
a major obligation of physicians when obtaining informed consent for a
medical procedure is to: - ANSWER ✔✔ensure that the patient
understands the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the procedure
Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for whatever they
charged on a "retrospective" basis. now they are paid a certain amount
for each patient's care on a predetermined "prospective" basis. the
amount they are paid is based on: - ANSWER ✔✔diagnosis related
groups (DRGs)
Thought discharge planning, hospitals help assure that safe and
appropriate post-hospital care is arranged for each patient. medicare
patients may appeal what they believe to be a premature or
inappropriate discharge by petitioning which of the following
organizations? - ANSWER ✔✔Quality improvement organization
(QIO)
(In health care) Which of the following terms refers to a system that
includes several service components with each addressing one or more