Match the Term with the Appropriate Definition or Description

question 3

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
-Hospitals and physicians work together to improve services and/or increase market share

• A)ambulatory surgical center
• B)bad debt
• C)charity care
• D)critical access hospital (CAH)
• E)diversification strategies
• F)Hill-Burton Act
• G)hospital
• H)horizontal integration
• I)independent living facility
• J)joint ventures
• K)medical home
• L)rural hospital flexibility program
• M)vertical integration
• N)specialty hospital
• O)underpayment

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Definitions:

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