You Are Considering the Classification of Two Patients Discharged from Your

question 513

Multiple Choice

You are considering the classification of two patients discharged from your hospital yester Both patients had a length of stay that was increased due to co-morbidities and/or complicat described below: The best way to describe these two cases would be to say that:

• A) Both Fred and Ted have concomitant chronic co-morbidities; Fred also had a nosocom complication.
• B) Both Fred and Ted have concomitant chronic co-morbidities; Ted also had an iatrog complication.
• C) Fred had a concomitant chronic co-morbidity; Ted had a concomitant complication.
• D) Fred had a concomitant chronic complication; Ted had a concomitant co-morbidity.

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