1. QUESTIONS TO DEBATE Chapter 9, Instructor’s Manual

2. How do prevention and nonacute services differ from acute care
How do prevention and nonacute services differ from acute care? Why is the acute care model not appropriate in these areas? What are the implications of differences of patient needs? Of differences in social attitudes?
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3. 2. How are need, demand, quality, and customer satisfaction for prevention and nonacute services measured?
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4. 3. How are prevention services and nonacute care funded
3. How are prevention services and nonacute care funded? How do these funding sources differ from those used in acute care? What are the implications of the differences?
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5. 4. Should a community hospital promote health, disease prevention, and chronic disease management when these efforts will lead to a loss of revenue for inpatient care and complex treatments? How would you present this case to the governing board?
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6. 5. Quality measures in nursing home care often show substantial room for improvement (see If your hospital had a referral contract with a very poorly performing nursing home, what would you do about it?
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