Why has the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) become a standard for reporting across all patient categories to both the state and private sectors?
What will be an ideal response?
The UHDDS is a data set mandated by the federal government for those facilities treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. Since virtually all short-term general hospitals treat Medicare and Medicaid patients, the USDDA has become the standard for reporting.
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A) bronchoconstriction. B) normal air movement. C) pneumothorax. D) foreign body obstruction.
The "sigmoid" shape of the static pressure-volume lung recruitment maneuver indicates which of the following?
a. All parts of the lungs open with the same pressure. b. Independent portions of the lungs open with the same pressure. c. Dependent portions of the lungs open with different pressures. d. Lung units open at different times with different pressures.
Protective isolation is also known as:
strict isolation reverse isolation indirect isolation enteric isolation
Which statement is accurate regarding professional participation in the new health system?
A) Hospital-based specialists could no longer maintain private practices. B) Regional Health Board members oversaw the day to day operations of hospital facilities. C) Teaching hospitals largely retained freedom of action. D) GPs sought to receive capitation (i.e., set fees per patient examined) rather than state salaries but were denied.