The Nursing Student Is Preparing a Presentation on Hospital Ownership

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nursing student is preparing a presentation on hospital ownership. Which hospitals should the student include as generally being not-for-profit? Select all that apply.

• A) Community hospitals
• B) Faith-based hospitals
• C) Veteran's Administration hospitals
• D) Bureau of Indian Affairs hospitals
• E) Rural hospitals

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Definitions:

Transitivity

In decision theory, the principle that if preference A is greater than B, and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C.

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

A theorem that demonstrates the impossibility of devising a social welfare function that satisfies all of a specified set of reasonable conditions simultaneously.

Majority Rule

A decision-making rule in which policies or choices are decided based on the preference of the majority of participants.

Transitive Preferences

A condition in decision-making where if an individual prefers option A over B, and B over C, then the individual also prefers A over C.