Which statements regarding the Consumer Bill of Rights, Protections, and Responsibilities are accurate? Select all that apply
1. This was an initiative of President Clinton's Presidential Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.
2. Patient privacy was considered during this work.
3. The United States still does not have a consumer bill of rights, protections, and responsibilities.
4. The work focused on patient issues, but did not address practitioner qualifications.
5. This has been the most successful of the programs to come out of that decade of work.
1, 2, 3
Explanation: 1. This was the commission's first subcommittee's purpose.
2. Patient privacy and confidentiality was considered by this committee.
3. This is a true statement. This is really the only element of this commission's work that has not been successful.
4. The work included consideration of coverage, choice of practitioners, privacy and confidentiality, disclosure of practitioner qualifications, and external appeals processes.
5. This element of the commission's work has not been successful.
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