According to Multiple Research Studies, Which Intervention Has Resulted in Lower

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Multiple Choice

According to multiple research studies, which intervention has resulted in lower costs and fewer rehospitalizations in high-risk older patients?

• A) Coordination of posthospital care by advanced practice health care providers
• B) Frequent posthospital clinic visits with a primary care provider
• C) Inclusion of extended family members in the outpatient plan of care
• D) Telephone follow-up by the pharmacist to assess medication compliance

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Definitions:

Resource Consumption

The process of using up resources, such as raw materials, labor, and energy, in the production of goods and services.

Manufacturing Overhead

Manufacturing overhead encompasses all production costs except direct labor and direct materials used in manufacturing.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing more accurate costs of producing specific products or services.

Activity Rate

The cost driver rate used in activity-based costing to allocate expenses to cost objects based on their use of activities.