Why Is Documentation Especially Significant in Managed Care

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why is documentation especially significant in managed care?

• A)The hospital needs to show that employees care for patients.
• B)Institutions are reimbursed only for patient care that is documented.
• C)Patients might bring lawsuits if care was not given.
• D)Documents may become part of a lawsuit.

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Definitions:

Set Of Comparisons

A general term that could describe various statistical or evaluative processes aimed at comparing different sets of data or outcomes.

Familywise Error

The probability of making one or more Type I errors across multiple hypothesis tests.

Tukey Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of three or more groups to find out which ones significantly differ from each other.

Familywise Error

The probability of making one or more false discoveries, or type I errors, among all hypotheses when performing multiple comparisons.