Community-based health care is best defined as:
A) health care in a non-hospital setting.
B) health care developed in partnership with communities.
C) health care that is not provided to specific individuals.
D) health care directed to members of a community who are currently healthy.
Ans: B
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Community-based health care is developed within the context of a community. It is ultimately delivered to individuals and is not limited to healthy people. There are many examples of care outside of hospitals that are not considered to be community care.
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