Since the 1960s,

A. the percentage of health care institutions owned by investor-owned corporations has increased.
B. corporations increasingly have purchased only one kind of health care institution (such as only nursing homes or only hospitals).
C. the ratio of doctors per capita has decreased.
D. the proportion of doctors in private practice has grown.
E. doctors’ ability to fight government regulation has grown.


Answer: A

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