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by ruplun » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:04 am
In the next four years, the number of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers will increase significantly worldwide. Even so, the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase. This is due, at least partly, to the fact that the median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time.

The argument above depends logically upon which of the following assumptions?

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care.
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world.

please solve this ..i think the ans is E
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by vishalj » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:54 am
IMO B.
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by this_time_i_will » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:59 am
any explanation for ruling out C.
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by debmalya_dutta » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:00 am
ruplun wrote:In the next four years, the number of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers will increase significantly worldwide. Even so, the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase. This is due, at least partly, to the fact that the median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time.

The argument above depends logically upon which of the following assumptions?

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care.
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world.

please solve this ..i think the ans is E
Here , the conclusion is
"the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase"
and why ?
Median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time.

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span -
I am not keen to go with this but this seems better than the rest....
Premises - 1. number of healthcare workers will increase 2. average compensation will not decline - assumption is that the heath care workers will be responsible for the increase in life span and subsequently the median age and hence the healthcare workers will be in demand and get paid the same..
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers . This talks specifically about elderly and its not an assumption that we need .
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.again , this talks specifically about elderly and its not an assumption that we need .
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care. again , this talks specifically about a branch of medicine and its not an assumption that we need .
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world. - I think this is a premise that is stated in the argument . whether the median age increases in all regions or in specific pockets , the average compensation really depends on whether there the heath care workers are in demand.. If it can be shown that the increase in median age is orchestrated by the efforts of the healthcare professionals, it would mean they would still be in demand.

Let's wait and see what other's have to say
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by paddle_sweep » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:09 am
I will go with 'B'. Pls post OA.
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by reply2spg » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:49 am
I am with Deb. IMO A. Please cite the source while mentioning OA
debmalya_dutta wrote:
ruplun wrote:In the next four years, the number of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers will increase significantly worldwide. Even so, the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase. This is due, at least partly, to the fact that the median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time.

The argument above depends logically upon which of the following assumptions?

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care.
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world.

please solve this ..i think the ans is E
Here , the conclusion is
"the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase"
and why ?
Median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time.

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span -
I am not keen to go with this but this seems better than the rest....
Premises - 1. number of healthcare workers will increase 2. average compensation will not decline - assumption is that the heath care workers will be responsible for the increase in life span and subsequently the median age and hence the healthcare workers will be in demand and get paid the same..
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers . This talks specifically about elderly and its not an assumption that we need .
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.again , this talks specifically about elderly and its not an assumption that we need .
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care. again , this talks specifically about a branch of medicine and its not an assumption that we need .
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world. - I think this is a premise that is stated in the argument . whether the median age increases in all regions or in specific pockets , the average compensation really depends on whether there the heath care workers are in demand.. If it can be shown that the increase in median age is orchestrated by the efforts of the healthcare professionals, it would mean they would still be in demand.

Let's wait and see what other's have to say
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by goyalsau » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:02 am
One more A
But what is the official Answer?
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by vishalj » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:59 am
Good discussion is going here.

Conclusion - the average compensation received by such professional will not decline but rather is likely to increase ( as mentioned by debmalya_dutta

In the premise, we talk about increase in the number of health care workers, including doctors, nurses. Also, it talks about the increase in median age of the world's population.

Think for a moment. Why the conclusion is saying that the ave compensation will not decline? Here is outside information, which is not requried here but would help explain. Since the supply is more, the price or compensation goes down. So as one would think, author is defending by concluding that the av compensation will not decline. But also adding that this is a possibility of increase in av compensation.

Let's look into the choices.

(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span - The incrase in the no. of health care workers will not be responsible for the increase in the av life span. Ok. Now read the conclusion. No effect on conclusion. However, it does strengthen the above premise.
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers - This is an interesting choice. The word "elderly" doesn't mean very old 60s or something. It just means that advanced in age. As the world population will witness increase in median age, we will ahve more "elderly". This choice is only talking about three different groups - Doctors, therapists, and other health care workers. So if this choice is true, there is a possibility that the ave compensation may increase.
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by lokesh r » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:00 pm
IMO B.

B states that compensation of doctors,therapists is likely to rise more than that of other health workers. Indicates that there will rise in compensation across hospital workers, thus increasing average compensation.

OA?
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by ov25 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:03 pm
please solve this ..i think the ans is E
I totally agree with the poster...

Why not A B and C
A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span
It would be a leap of faith if we equate more median age is more average life span. Median is nothing but a middle number.
1,2,100 (median=2); 1,99,100 (median=99)
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers
what if elderly did not require more medical help but too many elderly require help? does the arg 'heath care workers and their comp will increase' fall apart.. NO
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by Sam_hellboy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:54 am
Found this question interesting. IMO B

Experts please advise.it would be helpful.
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by shenoydevika » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:36 am
I too think it is B..

We are being told that the number of doctors, nurses and health care professionals is on the rise but their average compensation is not expected to go down, in fact, their average compensation is expected to increase. We are then told that the reason for this is because the median age of the world's population will also increase.

seems to be a likely assumption made by the author. If the median age of the world's population increases, there will be more elderly requiring healthcare. And if the elderly pay more for healthcare, the average compensation of healthcare professionals would increase.

Option [A] doesn't give us a reason for the increase in average compensation received by healthcare professionals.

I do not think Option [E] is an assumption as it is part of the conclusion. "This is due, at least partly, to the fact that the median age of the world's population will increase steadily in this same period of time
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by charu_mahajan » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:43 pm
IMO C

Think of the argument like this -

Premise - median age of the world's population will increase

GAP - Older people receive more attention from health care workers

Conclusion - Therefore, the number of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers + Compensation will increase
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by lunarpower » Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:25 am
this is not a very well-written problem. (to the original poster: what's the source of the problem?) still, choice (c) is better than the others.

the line of reasoning is, basically, "people will be older on average, so there will be more business for healthcare workers."
there are holes in this argument that would be a little too big for an official problem. for instance, it's just taken for granted that an additional volume of business will automatically translate into more revenue for the healthcare industry (and thus more compensation for its workers); that's a problematic jump in reasoning. so, the problem is pretty weak, as these things go.

still, choice (c) is the only one of the five that comes anywhere close to being an assumption.
(A) The increase in the number of health care workers will be responsible for the increase in the average life span
there's no need to assume anything about the cause of the increase; the argument doesn't depend on why there will be more older people. (even if it happens because benevolent aliens descend from outer space and give us all a bunch of magical "longevity pills", the argument still proceeds in exactly the same way.)
(B) The compensation of doctors and physical therapists who treat the elderly will increase more than that of other health care workers
the argument is about an overall increase in the average compensation for healthcare workers across the board. the argument doesn't make any distinctions among types of healthcare workers, it can't depend on a distinction it doesn't even make.
(C) As a group, older people receive more attention from health care workers than do younger people.
you're going to need an idea like this, somewhere along the way, to get this argument to work, because you have to get from "there will be more older people" to "the healthcare industry will bring in more money".

the statement is still problematic, because it's overly specific -- there's no reason there would have to be "more attention" as opposed to, say, more expensive procedures on average (which would have the same effect on revenues). so, as stated, this choice isn't 100% necessary, and so isn't the kind of thing that would appear as an assumption on an official problem. but, it's certainly closer to the mark than any of the other answer choices.
(D) Geriatrics, a branch of medicine focusing on the health problems of older people, is the most expensive element of American health care.
there's no reason why a statement this extreme would be necessary. even if the most expensive element of american healthcare is some specialized field that has nothing to do with older people in particular, it's still possible that an increasingly large cohort of older people could cause an overall increase in healthcare spending.

perhaps more obviously, the argument deals with worldwide trends, so we don't need any information about the US, or the American continent, in particular.
(E) Increase in the median age of the population will occur in all regions of the world.
for a general trend to obtain, it's not necessary for every single sub-component to march in lockstep with the overall trend.
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