What is an example of how investment in healthcare resources might

Question

What is an example of how investment in healthcare resources might sometimes create a challenge?

(1) Investment in both advanced medical technology and specialized treatments can improve patient outcomes for certain conditions. Nevertheless, it may put a strain on healthcare budgets.

(2) When it comes to allocating resources in the healthcare sector, directing money toward the purchase of advanced medical equipment could potentially limit access to other essential services and treatments.

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siddhantvarma · Accepted Answer

Hey   SundayRoast 
 Can you share such questions that you felt were inconsistent? Word versions of DS questions are difficult to tackle in the beginning but as you work them more, you understand how closely they resemble the verbal questions, especially the ones we see in CR. One rule of thumb I follow is to take every word as it is, without trying to paraphrase it.

Let's take this question for example. 
 What is an example of how investment in healthcare resources might sometimes create a challenge?

To understand the question STEM, we need 3 things: an investment, in healthcare resource, that leads to a challenge 
Now let's not leave sight of the word "might". That tells me investment in healthcare resource has to lead to a challenge in some condition, but not always. Again, while reading this, I followed all the principles of reading I follow for CR questions. Reading carefully, not missing an identifier, not paraphrasing anything.

(1) Investment in both advanced medical technology and specialized treatments can improve patient outcomes for certain conditions. Nevertheless, it may put a strain on healthcare budgets.

We have investment, we have healthcare resources (advanced medical tech + specialized treatments), we have the word "may" and we have a challenge - strain on healthcare budgets. => Sufficient

(2) When it comes to allocating resources in the healthcare sector, directing money toward the purchase of advanced medical equipment could potentially limit access to other essential services and treatments.
  
We have investment ( directing money toward the purchase), we have healthcare resource (advanced medical equipment, it's also mentioned explicitly as a healthcare resource) and we have a challenge (limit access to other essential services and treatments.) => Sufficient

Gemmie · Answer

Statement (1): Investment in both advanced medical technology and specialized treatments can improve patient outcomes for certain conditions. Nevertheless, it may put a strain on healthcare budgets.

- This statement confirms that investing in advanced medical technology and specialized treatments can strain healthcare budgets, indicating a potential challenge.

- This implies that investment in healthcare resources might sometimes create a challenge.

=> Statement (1) alone is sufficient to answer the question .

Statement (2): When it comes to allocating resources in the healthcare sector, directing money toward the purchase of advanced medical equipment could potentially limit access to other essential services and treatments.

- This statement suggests that allocating resources to advanced medical equipment might reduce the availability of other essential services and treatments.

- This implies that such investment decisions could create a challenge by limiting access to other necessary healthcare services.

=> Statement (2) alone is sufficient to answer the question.

einstein801 · Answer

busted. (2) -- allocation =/= investment.

Adarsh_24 · Answer

A. Investment in advanced medical technology and specialized treatments -> less budget, so less money for less-advanced and routine treatments
B. purchase of advanced medical equipment -> limit access to other essential services and treatments.

So D

If anyone has official explanation. Please do share.

guddo · Answer

Here is the OE from the OG: https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=83166 GMAT-Club-Forum-xf77it9j.png

SundayRoast · Answer

Word versions of DS questions seem to vary significantly on the answer. Sometimes they explicitly call out when the wording is in the question and answer and not. ie here "healthcare resources" is not in answer 1 but can be inferred yet on other questions they say we cannot infer. Any tips?

km0808 · Answer

what can create a challenge?
the key word is can. so need not be necessary

option 1) 
says can affect the healthcare budget.

option2)
says can limit access to certain essentials

so we can see that both options outline situations which can create a challenge.

MegB07 · Answer

Hi, can somebody please explain how both are sufficient?

The questions asks how investment in healthcare resources would create challenge?

In statement 1, it states that  "Investment in both advanced medical technology and specialized treatments can improve patient outcomes for certain conditions. Nevertheless, it may put a strain on healthcare budgets."

How is this creating a challenge? even if it does, the premise is giving a counter argument here.

What is an example of how investment in healthcare resources might

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