The Health Care Delivery System

Nursing exam

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What are professional standards review organizations (PSROs)?
to review the quality, quantity, and cost of hospital care
What are utilization review (UR) committees?
to review the admissions, diagnostic testing, and treatments provided by physicians who cared for clients receiving Medicare
What is the prospective payment system(PPS)?
eliminated cost-based reimbursement
What are diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)?
Each group had a fixed reimbursement amount with adjustments based on case severity, rural/urban/regional costs, and teaching costs.
What is capitaion?
means the providers received a fixed amount per client or enrollee of a health care plan
What is managed care?
describes health care systems in which there is administrative control over primary health care services for a defined population