A nurse manager is participating in the health care organization's strategic planning committee. Which factor is the primary driving force and controlling factor in new initiatives this committee might recommend?
1. Cost of care
2. Access to care
3. Availability of care
4. Quality of care
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Rationale 1: While all of the options given are driving forces in today's health care environment, the cost of providing care is still the primary issue. Cost of care controls access, availability, and even quality.
Rationale 2: Access to care is controlled by the ability to pay for that access.
Rationale 3: Care will not be available if it cannot be funded.
Rationale 4: Health care providers do not like to correlate quality with cost, but the economic reality is that quality care must also be funded care.
Global Rationale:
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