1. Facilities and programs other than acute care hospitals are much more numerous and arguably have a greater effect on health status, but acute care hospitals remain the focus of attention. Why is this? What are the desirable and undesirable aspects of this attention from the standpoints of the acute care hospital and the consumer of health services?

2. Describe how licensure, registration, and certification are different. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each from the standpoints of providers and consumers? How do they facilitate and inhibit the availability of health services occupations?