Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCH) Are Not Considered a Short-Term Option

question 92

True/False

Long-term care hospitals (LTCH) are not considered a short-term option for acute care hospitals and are not part of the prospective payment system (PPS).

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is the range of actions and mannerisms made by individuals, organisms, systems, or artificial entities in conjunction with themselves or their environment.

Attitudes

A consistent manner of thinking or feeling towards something that usually influences an individual's actions.

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The psychological discomfort experienced when holding contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes, often leading to an alteration in one of them to reduce the dissonance.

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