HSOs minimize costs by ______________.

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By encouraging practitioners and patients to focus on prevention and shared responsibility, HSOs can help prevent costly illnesses and treatments. This approach emphasizes proactive care, which is more cost-effective in the long run than reactive care. Additionally, emphasizing shared responsibility can help patients take charge of their health and avoid unnecessary treatments or appointments, further reducing costs.

B) is incorrect because defensive medicine often involves unnecessary tests and procedures, driving up costs.

C) is incorrect because increasing physician salaries would likely increase costs rather than minimize them.

D) is incorrect because having more hospitalization and only contracting with one hospital would limit the options available to patients and increase costs if that hospital charges higher rates.

HSOs Minimize Costs by ______________