Concerned with rising costs of health care, a nurse understands that one reason for the higher costs would be
a. shortage of hospital beds c. demanding consum-ers
b. not enough specialists d. inequality of financial services
D
Major factors that increase the cost of health care include an oversupply of specialized providers, a surplus of hospital beds, the passive role assumed by most consumers, inequitable financing of services, and very expensive technological advances in health care.
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