Which patient is in the most expensive place to deliver care per day?
a. A patient in a rehabilitation unit
b. A patient in a long-term care facility
c. A patient in an intensive care unit
d. A patient in a private hospital room
C
An intensive care unit is the most expensive delivery site for medical care because each nurse is usually assigned to care for only one or two patients at a time and because of the types of treat-ments and procedures the patients in the intensive care unit typically require. Rehabilitation units, long-term care facility, and a private hospital room are not as expensive per day as an intensive care unit.
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