Under managed care, how are the client and family likely to view the experience of hospitalization?
a. As an unpleasant interruption of daily life
b. Too short to produce complete wellness
c. Too restrictive to help with adjustment to the community
d. A pleasant vacation from the pressures of life in the community
ANS: B
Managed care has resulted in very short hospital stays, much shorter than clients experienced in the
past when discharge occurred only when the client was reasonably well suited to resume community
responsibilities. Option A: Crisis situations often precede admission. Generally, both client and
family are relieved. Option C: Hospitalization is currently no more restrictive or unpleasant than
before the advent of managed care. Option D: Hospitalization can be guaranteed not to be long
enough to be considered a vacation.
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