Why did the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company establish and retain for several years the first community nursing health program for policyholders?

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Metropolitan Life saw an average decline of 7% in the mortality rate of policyholders and almost a 20% decline in the deaths of children under the age of 3 years.The insurance company attributed this improvement and the associated reduced costs to the work of visiting nurses.There was limited funding in the early twentieth centurty to extending nursing services in the community; thus,home visiting was a very expensive service to provide.Although Metropolitan Life Insurance Company may have increased worker morale that was not the primary reason for continuation of the program.

Why Did the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Establish and Retain