Provisions of the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system resulted in a __________ patient classification system that reflects differences in patient resource use and costs
a. cost-based
b. price-based
c. per diem
d. prospective
c
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A) ask the patient's wife if her husband has a living will. B) apply the defibrillator pads and assess his cardiac rhythm. C) initiate CPR as your partner applies the defibrillator pads. D) begin CPR with a compression to ventilation ratio of 15:2.
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