Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of hospital waiting times
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Median wait for a first appointment at two clinics (days)
Clinic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
North | 21 | 28 | 35
South | 30 | 26 | 22
A health board member argues that the North clinic's growing waits are not simply the result of region-wide pressure, because ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. the South clinic's median wait fell from 30 days to 22 over the same period in which the North clinic's rose from 21 to 35.Correct
- B. the North clinic's median wait reached 35 days in 2024.
- C. the North clinic's wait was shorter than the South clinic's in 2022.
- D. both clinics report their waits in days.
Answer: A. the South clinic's median wait fell from 30 days to 22 over the same period in which the North clinic's rose from 21 to 35.
A region-wide pressure would push both up; South went down.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the North clinic's median wait reached 35 days in 2024.
- The rise, not the argument against a shared cause.
- C. the North clinic's wait was shorter than the South clinic's in 2022.
- True in 2022, but not the point.
- D. both clinics report their waits in days.
- Units.
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