A hospice nurse explains to a client that one of the underlying reasons for the underutilization of hospice services is the difficulty in determining life expectancy prognoses of
a. 1 year or less.
b. 8 months or less.
c. 6 months or less.
d. 3 months or less.
C
Reasons for the underutilization of hospice services include difficulty in determining life expec-tancy prognoses in terms of 6 months or less.
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