What is the key element in the horizontal integration of health-care services?
a. The use of a fee-for-service method of payment
b. One hospital providing the entire scope of services, so clients can be cared for with-out referral outside the system
c. Several health-care agencies working to-gether to cut costs by sharing resources
d. The development of clinics outside the hospital to provide services traditionally found in the hospital
C
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A. Aortic and mitral valves B. Mitral and tricuspid valves C. Pulmonic valve D. Aortic valve
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a. hypertension. b. capillary leakage syndrome. c. hyperglycemia. d. hyperuricemia.
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