List at least five factors that have contributed to the rising cost of providing health care in the United States
Technological advances, increased number of elderly citizens, rising costs of pharmaceutical products, increasing number of diagnostic and treatment options, overuse of diagnostic tests, lack of competition, rising expectations of patients, increasing requests for medical care, malpractice suits, malpractice insurance, insurance companies and providers seeking profits
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Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Absorption means that most medications whether unchanged or metabolized are excreted in the urine. B) Affinity is the process of chemically changing a medication through metabolism within the body. C) Therapeutic index is a ratio comparing a medication's lethal dose with an effective dose of the same medication. D) Half-life is the degree or rate at which a drug or other substance becomes available at the site of physiological activity after administration.
A company's ________ are the rules or guidelines that dictate its day-to-day workings.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).