Examples of health care cost containment in the 1980s included:
a. a payment system based on Diagnosis related groups (DRGs).
b. certificate of need programs.
c. Professional standards review organizations (PSROs).
d. Peer review organizations (PROs).
e. all of the above.
f. a and b only.
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