In the 1980s, Medicare initiated a program of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to reduce hospital costs by:
a. classifying various diagnoses as ineligible for hospitalization.
b. allotting a set amount of hospital days and prospective payment based on the admitting diagnosis.
c. specifying particular physicians to treat specified diagnoses.
d. using frequency of a particular diagnosis to set a payment schedule.
ANS: B
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a. legitimate power c. referent power b. expert power d. reward/coercion power
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