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Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
 05 Oct 2010, 05:54
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Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent on profits for their survival, there would be no teaching hospitals, because of the intrinsically high cost of running such hospitals.
Ms. Nakai: I disagree. The medical challenges provided by teaching hospitals attract the very best physicians. This, in turn, enables those hospitals to concentrate on nonroutine cases.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Ms. Nakai's attempt to refute Mr. Primm's claim?
A. Doctors at teaching hospitals command high salaries.
B. Sophisticated, nonroutine medical care commands a high price.
C. Existing teaching hospitals derive some revenue from public subsidies.
D. The patient mortality rate at teaching hospitals is high.
E. The modern trend among physicians is to become highly specialized.
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
05 Oct 2010, 06:08
I think its B . If unusual cases can fetch more money . Than these hospital will have
some source.(Not sure abt my reasoning)
What is OA...???
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
05 Oct 2010, 10:16
i think its B..OA plz
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
05 Oct 2010, 23:04
b for me.
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
07 Oct 2010, 02:03
OA Pls?
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
08 Oct 2010, 14:39
B for me. . .high revenue from care would compensate for the high cost of running teaching hospital
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
09 Oct 2010, 00:20
b for me
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
18 May 2011, 03:57
nothing except B
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
19 May 2011, 10:08
there is nothing to think , this is a clear B.
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Re: Critical Reasoning Questions..... [#permalink]
19 May 2011, 10:50
B is the only answer that strengthens Ms. Nakai's attempt to refute Mr. Primm's claim.
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
05 May 2012, 22:29
B for me..OA plz
no other options touches the point of non-routine care and profits
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
06 May 2012, 03:29
pzazz12 wrote: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent on profits for their survival, there would be no teaching hospitals, because of the intrinsically high cost of running such hospitals.
Ms. Nakai: I disagree. The medical challenges provided by teaching hospitals attract the very best physicians. This, in turn, enables those hospitals to concentrate on nonroutine cases.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Ms. Nakai's attempt to refute Mr. Primm's claim?
A. Doctors at teaching hospitals command high salaries.
B. Sophisticated, nonroutine medical care commands a high price.
C. Existing teaching hospitals derive some revenue from public subsidies.
D. The patient mortality rate at teaching hospitals is high.
E. The modern trend among physicians is to become highly specialized. According to me B is the right answer.What is OA??
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
06 Aug 2012, 07:08
piyushksharma wrote: pzazz12 wrote: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent on profits for their survival, there would be no teaching hospitals, because of the intrinsically high cost of running such hospitals.
Ms. Nakai: I disagree. The medical challenges provided by teaching hospitals attract the very best physicians. This, in turn, enables those hospitals to concentrate on nonroutine cases.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Ms. Nakai's attempt to refute Mr. Primm's claim?
A. Doctors at teaching hospitals command high salaries.
B. Sophisticated, nonroutine medical care commands a high price.
C. Existing teaching hospitals derive some revenue from public subsidies.
D. The patient mortality rate at teaching hospitals is high.
E. The modern trend among physicians is to become highly specialized. According to me B is the right answer.What is OA?? I think its E, as point B nowhere refute's Primm's claim , how can a hospital survive if it needs more money? Please explain.
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
06 Aug 2012, 07:31
tsood wrote: piyushksharma wrote: pzazz12 wrote: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent on profits for their survival, there would be no teaching hospitals, because of the intrinsically high cost of running such hospitals.
Ms. Nakai: I disagree. The medical challenges provided by teaching hospitals attract the very best physicians. This, in turn, enables those hospitals to concentrate on nonroutine cases.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Ms. Nakai's attempt to refute Mr. Primm's claim?
A. Doctors at teaching hospitals command high salaries.
B. Sophisticated, nonroutine medical care commands a high price.
C. Existing teaching hospitals derive some revenue from public subsidies.
D. The patient mortality rate at teaching hospitals is high.
E. The modern trend among physicians is to become highly specialized. According to me B is the right answer.What is OA?? I think its E, as point B nowhere refute's Primm's claim , how can a hospital survive if it needs more money? Please explain. I agree, its E. Its providing the base for Ms. Nakai's argument that "The medical challenges provided by teaching hospitals attract the very best physicians".
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
06 Aug 2012, 11:06
IMO B. B addresses the cost issue of the argument and hence strengthen the argument. High non routine case high profit. Waiting for OA!!!
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
06 Aug 2012, 13:49
Mr. Primm contention is that teaching hospitals will bring little profit. Ms. Nakai counters by stating that teaching hospitals will attract the best physicians. Because only the best physicians can focus on nonroutine cases, the hospitals will be profitable. The assumption is that nonroutine cases must be expensive, otherwise Ms. Nakai's claim fall apart. (B) states exactly this. Nonroutine care is expensive and thus teaching hospitals will be profitable. (E) does not address Ms. Nakai's argument. That physicians specialize does not mean that they will bring in more money. And be careful not to bring in outside information. That is do no assume specialization, even if it is generally true in the real world, equals higher-paid physicians.
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
22 Aug 2012, 08:44
OA is B its a question from 1000 cr..
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Re: Mr. Primm: If hospitals were private enterprises, dependent [#permalink]
23 Aug 2012, 03:01
ChrisLele wrote: Mr. Primm contention is that teaching hospitals will bring little profit. Ms. Nakai counters by stating that teaching hospitals will attract the best physicians. Because only the best physicians can focus on nonroutine cases, the hospitals will be profitable. The assumption is that nonroutine cases must be expensive, otherwise Ms. Nakai's claim fall apart. (B) states exactly this. Nonroutine care is expensive and thus teaching hospitals will be profitable.
(E) does not address Ms. Nakai's argument. That physicians specialize does not mean that they will bring in more money. And be careful not to bring in outside information. That is do no assume specialization, even if it is generally true in the real world, equals higher-paid physicians. Option B says that nonroutine medical care commands a high price. That does make non routine medical care profitable.They might still make a loss on those. I believe none of the options are accurate. However B does seem to be the best fit.
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