Social Variables Wasson and colleagues' (1984) study of outpatient health care in elderly men kept both the patients and health-care providers from knowing
A)the medication administered to the patient.
B)the patient's admitting diagnosis.
C)the patient's prognosis.
D)whether the patient was assigned to only one health-care provider.

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The study was designed to prevent both patients and health-care providers from knowing whether the patient was assigned to only one health-care provider, which is a method used to reduce bias and ensure the validity of the study's results.

Social Variables Wasson and Colleagues' (1984) Study of Outpatient Health