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In Country Y, for-profit hospitals help far fewer patients than either private non-profit or public non-profit hospitals. At the same time, compared to non-profit hospitals, for-profit hospitals draw a disproportionate share of government healthcare subsidies, such as prescription reimbursement and other treatment credits, for their patients. It must be, then, that for-profit hospitals enroll a greater proportion of poor patients than do non-profit hospitals.

The conclusion above depends on which of the following assumptions?

[*] For-profit hospitals provide similar quality of medical care as do non-profit hospitals receiving government aid.
[*] For-profit hospitals do not engage in fraudulent practices to boost their business by helping their patients obtain unneeded government aid.
[*] The majority of patients at for-profit hospitals do not default on paying their medical bills after they leave the hospital.
[*] Public non-profit hospitals and private non-profit hospitals both have a similar proportion of poor patients.
[*] The number of patients receiving government aid at for-profit hospitals is greater than the number of such patients at non-profit hospitals.

For-profit colleges serve far fewer students than either public or private non-profit colleges. At the same time, relative to non-profit colleges, for-profit colleges draw a disproportionate share of federal and state financial aid, such as tuition grants and guaranteed loans, for their students. It must be, then, that for-profit colleges enroll a greater proportion of financially disadvantaged students than do non-profit colleges.

In assessing the argument above, it would be most useful to compare

[*] the proportion of financially disadvantaged students served by public and private non-profit colleges
[*] the extent to which for-profit and non-profit colleges engage in fraudulent practices in helping their students obtain unneeded federal and state financial aid
[*] the number of students receiving federal and state financial aid at for-profit colleges and non-profit colleges
[*] the quality of education received by financially disadvantaged students at for-profit colleges and non-profit colleges
[*] the rates of default on loan repayments among graduates of for-profit and non-profit colleges