The following question comes from Chapters 9, 14, and 15 of the course textbook, Economics and Financial Management for Nurses and Nurse Leaders (3rd ed., 2017), by S. J. Penner and are edited for formatting.

Healthcare parity refers to:

	A.	The need to pare down access so that healthcare is affordable
	B.	Making sure healthcare is at par with other countries
	C.	Equalizing resources allocated to various diseases
	D.	All of the above
	E.	None of the above