The nurse has recently been appointed to a community-based advisory board of an agency that is interested in providing fiscally sound, high-quality care for clients they decide will be their service population
Any profit margin that is acquired is reinvested in the operations of the home healthcare service. Which type of agency is this?
A) Private/voluntary
B) Hospital based
C) Proprietary
D) Official
Ans: A
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Voluntary agencies are generally established as not-for-profit entities, although they operate with the same fiscal objectives as "for-profit agencies." A hospital-based agency is a home health agency that is not freestanding in the community but is one of many specialty services offered at a hospital setting. A proprietary agency is a home health agency that is motivated by a for-profit philosophy. Official agencies are supported by public monies that often come from taxes. The public monies can come from local, state, or federal governments.
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