The Process Through Which Health Care Systems in Different Nations

question 27

Multiple Choice

The process through which health care systems in different nations become increasingly similar over time is referred to as

• A) the convergence hypothesis.
• B) medicalization.
• C) demedicalization.
• D) confluence.
• E) the privatization theory.

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