Match the Term with the Appropriate Definition or Description

question 11

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
-One of the main economic drivers in the local economy, offering stable employment throughout economic cycles

• 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:

Embryo

An early stage of development in multicellular organisms, in humans referring to the stage after fertilization up to the end of the eighth week of gestation.

Fetus

A developing human from roughly eight weeks after conception until birth.

Blastocyst

A stage of embryonic development in mammals, occurring roughly five days after fertilization, marked by the formation of a fluid-filled cavity and the differentiation of the embryo into two layers.

Fetal Period

The period in prenatal development from nine weeks after conception until birth, when the brain continues developing, bodily structures are refined, and the fetus grows in length and weight and accumulates fat in preparation for birth.