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Recently, many hospitals have moved from the traditional hospital model to a Patient-Centered hospital model, wherein healthcare systems work closely with practitioners, patients, and families to align decisions with patients’ wants and needs. In Europe, hospitals that have adopted the Patient-Centric model have seen a considerable improvement in recovery rates.
If, on the basis of the evidence above, it is argued that the Patient-Centered hospital model increases recovery rates, which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken that argument?
A. Results that are similar to the ones cited for Europe have been found in other geographies where the Patient-Centric hospital model is used.
B. Many hospitals have seen an influx of new medical technology in the last seven years, and most of these introduced the Patient-Centric hospital model at the same time.
C. Because introducing the Patient-Centric hospital model greatly changes an individual doctor’s relationship with a patient, negotiating the introduction of the Patient-Centered hospital model is complicated and laborious.
D. Under the Patient-Centric hospital model, the cost of treatment and accommodation will make up an increased proportion of the total cost to the hospital per patient.
E. In hospitals in which the Patient-Centric model is followed, the average cost to the patients is twenty percent less than that in hospitals in which the traditional model is followed.
If, on the basis of the evidence above, it is argued that the Patient-Centered hospital model increases recovery rates, which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken that argument?
A. Results that are similar to the ones cited for Europe have been found in other geographies where the Patient-Centric hospital model is used.
B. Many hospitals have seen an influx of new medical technology in the last seven years, and most of these introduced the Patient-Centric hospital model at the same time.
C. Because introducing the Patient-Centric hospital model greatly changes an individual doctor’s relationship with a patient, negotiating the introduction of the Patient-Centered hospital model is complicated and laborious.
D. Under the Patient-Centric hospital model, the cost of treatment and accommodation will make up an increased proportion of the total cost to the hospital per patient.
E. In hospitals in which the Patient-Centric model is followed, the average cost to the patients is twenty percent less than that in hospitals in which the traditional model is followed.
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B. Many hospitals have seen an influx of new medical technology in the last seven years, and most of these introduced the Patient-Centric hospital model at the same time.
This gives an alternative reason to the conclusion that the Patient-Doctor model leads to increased recovery rates, hence it weakens the argument. All other answer choices either support the argument or are out of scope.
Correct answer: B
This gives an alternative reason to the conclusion that the Patient-Doctor model leads to increased recovery rates, hence it weakens the argument. All other answer choices either support the argument or are out of scope.
Correct answer: B
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Premise:
Hospitals in Europe that adopted the Patient-Centered model have seen improved recovery rates.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the Patient-Centered model increases recovery rates.
This is a classic causation argument:
Model adoption → higher recovery rates
To weaken it, we need to show another factor might be responsible for the improvement.
Option B - Hospitals received new medical technology around the same time they adopted the Patient-Centric model.
This creates a confounding variable:
Recovery rates may have improved due to better technology, not the patient-centered model.
So the correlation does not prove causation. Hence, the correct answer is B.
Hospitals in Europe that adopted the Patient-Centered model have seen improved recovery rates.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the Patient-Centered model increases recovery rates.
This is a classic causation argument:
Model adoption → higher recovery rates
To weaken it, we need to show another factor might be responsible for the improvement.
Option B - Hospitals received new medical technology around the same time they adopted the Patient-Centric model.
This creates a confounding variable:
Recovery rates may have improved due to better technology, not the patient-centered model.
So the correlation does not prove causation. Hence, the correct answer is B.
