A Patient Who Receives Diagnostic or Therapeutic Care in an Outpatient

question 21

Multiple Choice

A patient who receives diagnostic or therapeutic care in an outpatient department because such care is unavailable in a primary care provider's office is a(n)

• A) ancillary outpatient.
• B) clinic outpatient.
• C) day patient.
• D) referred outpatient.

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