Which Methods Are Used by Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to Reduce

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which methods are used by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to reduce the cost of health-care delivery?

• A)Increasing the number of diagnostic studies to detect diseases early
• B)Encouraging clients to remain in the hospital longer so that they can recover completely and not be readmitted
• C)Referring more clients to specialists so that complex health-care problems can be treated better
• D)Providing more health-promotion and illness-prevention services

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