Many healthcare facilities are increasing their support for EBP because of ____________ that link payment to positive patient outcomes
a. changing reimbursement policies
b. shrinking sources for third-party reimbursement
c. changing performance evaluation systems
d. expensive clinical research studies
a. changing reimbursement policies
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