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All of the following are examples of alternative medicine except:
Osteopathic medicine
What triggered the downsizing phase in US hospitals during the 1980s?
Prospective payment system
Which of the following statements about hospital utilization is incorrect?
Utilization among the poor is lower than those who are not poor
Which of the following is one of the reasons why services have shifted from inpatient to outpatient over the past 20 years?
Public/private insurance reimbursement changes
True or false: Prior-authorization is a mechanism utilized by payers to discourage inpatient hospitalization and over utilization of ancillary testing
True
What type of care is for "end of life" patients?
Hospice
Gene therapy is an example of what type of care?
Quaternary
Prevention is an example of what type of care?
Primary
Which of the following is a benefit of primary care?
gatekeeping
True or false: Countries in which primary care is emphasized have higher healthcare costs.
False
When did hospitals begin to attract well-to-do patients who could afford to pay privately?
When hospitals offered superior medical services and surgical procedures that could not be offered at home
DRG-based reimbursement necessitated hospitals to do what?
Discharge patients quicker than before
Why has the ALOS (average length of stay) declined?
Alternative services like home health and skilled care facilities were developed
True or false: licensure is a legal requirement for hospitals which specifies standards of care and physical environment
True
Hospitals are responsible to which of the following stakeholders?
All of the above (government, accreditation agencies, community)
Note 
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