While reviewing the history of health care services as part of an educ

While reviewing the history of health care services as part of an education program the nurse learns that the passage of the amended Social Security Act created Medicare and Medicaid, which increased demands for health care services.

While reviewing the history of health care services as part of an education program the nurse learns that the passage of the amended Social Security Act created Medicare and Medicaid, which increased demands for health care services. How did The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 attempt to address the demand for health care services?
1. Increasing funds to improve the health status of the indigent poor.
2. Recognizing that increased hospitals improved the public health status.
3. Increasing funds for more health services to improve public health status.
4. Recognizing the contribution of health practitioners to the public health status.

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Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. The 1974 Act recognized health practitioner efforts to improve public health status, which was an early legislative shift to recognize health promotion as an effective effort to improve public health status. Increasing funds to improve indigent health status was not addressed in the 1974 Act, though it was for the 1965 amended Social Security Act. Increased hospital building was not a public policy shift of recognizing an emphasis on health promotion. Increasing funding for health services was not the goal of the 1974 act.