Please review the chart: Patient Entering Condition Hospital A Hospital B Surviv
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Question
Please review the chart:
Patient Entering Condition
Hospital A
Hospital B
Survivors from A (# and percent)
Survivors from B (# and percent)
Fair
700
100
600 or 86%
90 or 90%
Serious
200
200
100 or 50%
150 or 75%
Critical
100
700
10 or 10%
300 or 43%
Total
1000
1000
710 or 71%
540 or 54%
Looking at the data broken down in this way, we see that Hospital B has a higher success rate in all three categories of patients but when averaged all together, Hospital A has the higher overall survival rate. Based on the numbers presented, which hospital do you think is superior in cardiac surgery?
Patient Entering Condition
Hospital A
Hospital B
Survivors from A (# and percent)
Survivors from B (# and percent)
Fair
700
100
600 or 86%
90 or 90%
Serious
200
200
100 or 50%
150 or 75%
Critical
100
700
10 or 10%
300 or 43%
Total
1000
1000
710 or 71%
540 or 54%
Explanation / Answer
Hospital B is better and should be superior in cardiac surgery since its success rate (chances of survival) is higher than hospital B in each category
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