Lucky2783 wrote:
Lawrence County has seven county run hospitals. Because three privately run hospitals are now in existence in the county, Lawrence has decided to close one of its seven county hospitals, to reduce costs to the county. The county executives want to choose a hospital to close so that its absence has the fewest negative health consequences for citizens of the county. An independent consulting firm, advising the county executives, has recommended closing the hospital with the highest fatality rate.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the consulting firm's recommendation for the choosing the hospital to close?
A) Each one of the county hospitals has lower fatality rate than at least one of the privately run hospitals.
B) The county hospital that is the most expensive for the county to operate is the one with the highest fatality rate.
C) Most patients who would have gone to the closed county hospital will go to one of the privately run hospitals, instead of one of the six remaining county hospitals, driving up costs at these places.
D) The most at-risk patients throughout the county are referred to those public hospitals that have a high concentration of trained specialists on staff.
E) Throughout this state and neighboring states, no county that has a population comparable to Lawrence County operates more than six county hospitals.
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Hi
mikemcgarry,
I would put this Q to you, since the Q is shown to be from
Magoosh...
I'll just speak of the OA, which is D..
Crux of parasince three privately owned hospitals have come up, the county executives intend to close down one of the seven county run hospitals to save money , an action that should have least/fewest negative health consequences for citizens of the county,..
Recommendationsrecommendation is to close down the one with the highest fatality rate...
what does the Q asks us?Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the consulting firm's recommendation for the choosing the hospital to close?..
what are we required to findsomething Questioning
closing down the one with the highest fatality rate..
what does the OA, D, convey..D) The most at-risk patients throughout the county are referred to those public hospitals that have a high concentration of trained specialists on staff...
it conveys that most at-risk patients come to place with most trained specialists..
What does the OA lack?..
Connecting two different terms through ASSUMPTION1) The choice does not connect most at-risks with most fatality rate.
2) It may just be that the hospital with the most fatality rate is at a hospital where lesser at-risk patients come, but the inefficient staff, scanty resources, and other reasons related to the hospital have led to the highest mortality rate at that hospital.
3) Also, It may just be that the hospital recieving the most at-risks cases has the least fatality rate because of the efficient staff, resources, and other reasons related to the hospital have led to the highest mortality rate at that hospital.
4) Why are we assuming that most at-risks will lead to most fatality rate. To answer this Q, we have to limit ourselves to what has been provided to us.
mike, I would appreciate that answer be provided without any prejudice to the source. I have seen many sources simply donot reply when it comes to one of their Q, if they go wrong on an issue and thereby imparting or creating a doubt in students mind.
I think accepting that, yes, some mistake has happened can only increase the acceptability of the source.
I, too, would accept if I have gone wrong in my assessment of the Q, since its early morning and I have just had a glance on this Q and these were first thoughts.