What has been the biggest change factor in the management of rehabilitation services in acute care?
A) Rehab became a cost center
B) Rehab became a revenue center
C) Rehab staff numbers have increased
D) Rehab patient census numbers have decreased

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Diagnostic Related Groups that drive the prospective payment system made rehab a cost center because of flat payment/diagnosis. Until those changes in the '90s, rehab was a revenue generating center. Staff numbers have been reduced although the numbers of patients receiving PT continues to climb.

What Has Been the Biggest Change Factor in the Management