Hi,
Can anyone explain how doctor's are acting as consumers???
I could not understand this part in the passage where in the eyes of the hospitals, doctors are the consumers..
3. According to the author, when a doctor tells a patient to “return next Wednesday," the doctor is in effect
(A) taking advantage of the patient's concern for his health
(B) instructing the patient to buy more medical services
(C) warning the patient that a hospital stay might be necessary
(D) advising the patient to seek a second opinion
(E) admitting that the initial visit was ineffective
Why is A incorrect and B correct in this question???
4. The author is most probably leading up to
(A) a proposal to control medical costs
(B) a discussion of a new medical treatment
(C) an analysis of the causes of inflation in the United States
(D) a study of lawsuits against doctors for malpractice
(E) a comparison of hospitals and factories
The passage discusses more about the doctors and how doctors have control over things. Due to the doctors, patients have to incur high medical costs.
Why is D incorrect?? as the passage is emphasising more on the practices of Doctors than talking about medical costs.
Also, in the end the passage states that "We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health-care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, economy measures directed at patients or the general public are relatively ineffective."
It is the doctors in the end who are responsible..
Please clarify.
6. With which of the following statements would the author be likely to agree?
Ⅰ. Most patients are reluctant to object to the course of treatment prescribed by a doctor or to question the cost of the services.
Ⅱ. The more serious the illness of a patient, the less likely it is that the patient will object to the course of treatment prescribed or to question the cost of services.
Ⅲ. The payer, whether insurance carrier or the government, is less likely to acquiesce to demands for payment when the illness of the patient is regarded as serious.
Can anyone explain how option I is correct????
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