A nurse is teaching the staff about managed care. Which information should the nurse include?
a. Managed care focuses on long-term care services for skilled nursing.
b. Managed care focuses on hospital admis-sions and illnesses for a group of people.
c. Managed care focuses on control over primary health services for a defined pop-ulation.
d. Managed care focuses on decreased access to care while increasing costs.
C
The term managed care describes systems in which the payer has control over primary health care services delivery for a defined patient population. Long-term care insurance focuses on skilled nursing, not managed care. Managed care focuses on health and staying out of the hospital. Managed care aims to increase access to care while decreasing costs.
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