Which of the following is/are not a component(s) of the clinical value compass?
a. functional status, risk status, and well-being
b. health care workers' compensation
c. satisfaction with health care and perceived benefit
d. clinical outcomes
B
The clinical value compass is one of many models that propose a range of outcomes that must be addressed in the quest to improve quality of acute care. The outcomes can be diagrammed as four points of a directional compass and include functional status, risk status, and well-being; costs; satisfaction with health care and perceived benefit; and clinical outcomes. Compensation for health care workers in not a part of this compass.
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