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11 Jun 2017, 07:08
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Compared to non-profit hospitals of the same size, investor-owned hospitals require less public investment in the form of tax breaks, use fewer employees, and have higher occupancy levels. It can therefore be concluded that investor-owned hospitals are a better way of delivering medical care than are non-profit hospitals.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the conclusion drawn above?
(A) Non-profit hospitals charge more per bed than do investor-owned hospitals.
(B) Patients in non-profit hospitals recover more quickly than don patients with comparable Illnesses in investor-owned hospitals
(C) Non-profit hospitals do more fundraising than do investor-owned hospitals.
(D) Doctors at non-profit hospitals earn higher salaries than do similarly qualified doctors at investor-owned hospitals.
(E) Non-profit hospitals receive more donations than do investor-owned hospitals.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the conclusion drawn above?
(A) Non-profit hospitals charge more per bed than do investor-owned hospitals.
(B) Patients in non-profit hospitals recover more quickly than don patients with comparable Illnesses in investor-owned hospitals
(C) Non-profit hospitals do more fundraising than do investor-owned hospitals.
(D) Doctors at non-profit hospitals earn higher salaries than do similarly qualified doctors at investor-owned hospitals.
(E) Non-profit hospitals receive more donations than do investor-owned hospitals.
11 Jun 2017, 11:08
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Imo the answer should be B.
A- Strengthener
B- Perfect! If patients are getting recovered more quickly, they will go to the non profit hospitals no matter what.
C- We are not concerned with the fund raising. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
D- We don't care about doctors salaries either. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
E- We don't care about their donations either. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
Please give me a "kudos" if you liked my reasoning.
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A- Strengthener
B- Perfect! If patients are getting recovered more quickly, they will go to the non profit hospitals no matter what.
C- We are not concerned with the fund raising. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
D- We don't care about doctors salaries either. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
E- We don't care about their donations either. We need a statement that talks about the patients.
Please give me a "kudos" if you liked my reasoning.
Thank You!
10 Jul 2018, 20:12
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adkikani
adkikani , good instincts.
A is irrelevant. The issue, as you point out, is better medical care - ("a better way . . . to deliver medical care").
Your perspective is decisive. Stay with it.
I will hedge, preemptively. (I will anticipate arguments from people who disagree with you.)
Option A is 98% irrelevant, 2% strengthener (pretend for a moment)
Maybe Option A strengthens the conclusion because:
If non-profit hospitals charge more per bed, investor-owned hospitals either are or may be less expensive for patients.
And IF less expensive, then . . . then nothing.
Full stop. We cannot infer "less expensive = better care or better way to deliver medical care."
Cheaper is not necessarily better.
You expressed and captured that logic very well right here:
Quote:
You identified the right issues and reasoned accurately about an option that is not obvious. +1
I have a small caution, a caution I issue to almost everyone with CR and LR.
I am not sure what some of your extra material is for. You wrote:
- They need less investment in the form of tax breaks -
so they can use more for productivity of machines, better pay to doctors, etc. - They can perform same work with less employees,
may be because of better automation. - Their wards are usually more occupied than NP h at any given time.
Yellow highlight might be speculation.
On a "weaken" question, try not to speculate about reasons that the claim might be true.
On the other hand, you might be trying to anticipate how the argument is weak.
I am not sure. Just in case, whatever those extra bits are . . .
We are trying to weaken the claim, not supply the reasons why it is true.
Small matter. I just want to be sure.
Nice work. Analysis of A was spot on, and the issue is a fairly subtle one.
