Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of hospital waiting times by department
Information and Ideas practice question
Median wait for a first appointment (weeks)
Department | Patients per year | 2022 | 2024
Skin | 4,000 | 6 | 14
Eyes | 12,000 | 10 | 9
Hearts | 8,000 | 8 | 8
A manager argues that although the skin department has the fewest patients, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. its median wait has more than doubled, from 6 weeks to 14, while the larger eye and heart departments have held or improved their waits.Correct
- B. the eye department sees 12,000 patients a year.
- C. the heart department's wait was 8 weeks in both years.
- D. the eye department's wait fell from 10 weeks to 9.
Answer: A. its median wait has more than doubled, from 6 weeks to 14, while the larger eye and heart departments have held or improved their waits.
Smallest department, worst deterioration.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the eye department sees 12,000 patients a year.
- About eyes, no contrast.
- C. the heart department's wait was 8 weeks in both years.
- About hearts alone.
- D. the eye department's wait fell from 10 weeks to 9.
- About eyes alone.
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