In the past, health care organizations viewed nursing services as primarily a(n):
a. acute care asset.
b. expense.
c. reimbursement tool.
d. revenue generator.
B
Under the popular fee-for-service reimbursement system, nursing was seen as a cost, not a reve-nue generator.
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