Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) and Prospective Payment Systems Are Most Clearly

question 6

Multiple Choice

Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and prospective payment systems are most clearly the reason for

• A) Medicare and Medicaid.
• B) critical pathways and managed care.
• C) group health insurance and centralization.
• D) a shortage of nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel.

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Definitions:

IR Spectroscopy

A technique used in analytical chemistry to identify molecular structure through the absorption of infrared radiation by molecules, leading to vibrational and rotational changes.

Electronegativity

A measure of the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons towards itself in a molecule.

Frequency

The number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time.

Characteristic Stretching

The unique vibration of molecular bonds within a molecule, used in infrared spectroscopy to identify specific functional groups.