List the potential locations for patients requiring long-term ventilatory care in order of cost from most expensive to least expensive. 1. Patient's home 2. Long-term acute care facility 3. Intensive care or acute care unit 4. Extended care facility
a. 2, 4, 3, 1
b. 4, 1, 3, 2
c. 1, 2, 3, 4
d. 3, 2, 4, 1
ANS: D
Mechanical ventilatory care can be provided in ICU or acute care units, long-term acute care fa-cilities, extended care facilities, and the patient's home. An ICU or acute care unit is the most expensive of the facilities listed, and the patient's home is the least expensive.
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