| A | B |
|---|
| 1.04 trillion | Amount of money spent by Americans in 1995 on health care |
| send patients home sicker and quicker | The present trend of hospitals |
| Prevention and health maintenance | The goal of nurse-run clinics |
| Telemedicine | Computer and telephony aided diagnosis |
| Telephone triage nurse | Nurses that assist patients with nonemergent health care questions/concerns |
| 17 million | The number of U.S. consumers in 1998 that searched the Internet for health-related content |
| Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) | One of the earliest health care classification systems |
| HMOs and PPOs | Health organizations intended to increase efficiency and reduce cost |
| Out of the hospital and into the community | The recent pattern of nursing career opportunities |
| Decentralization | The recent pattern of physician workload |
