Information and IdeasVery hardReading a table of a hospital's two wards
Information and Ideas practice question
Patients treated on two wards, 2024
Ward | Patients | Readmitted within a month
East | 1,200 | 60
West | 400 | 40
A doctor argues that although the East ward has more readmissions in total, ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. the West ward's readmission rate is twice as high: 10 percent of its patients against 5 percent of the East ward's.Correct
- B. the East ward treats three times as many patients.
- C. 60 East ward patients were readmitted.
- D. the West ward had 40 readmissions.
Answer: A. the West ward's readmission rate is twice as high: 10 percent of its patients against 5 percent of the East ward's.
Rates, not counts.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the East ward treats three times as many patients.
- Size alone.
- C. 60 East ward patients were readmitted.
- Repeats the count.
- D. the West ward had 40 readmissions.
- A count, no rate.
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