argument203=美丽G程小组=小组第10次作业by 曦范

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Merely based on the suspicious evidence, the author draws the conclusion that all the smaller, nonprofit hospitals excel the large, profit hospitals, for they are cheaper and have a higher standard in quality. To support this conclusion, the author points out that the average length of a patient’s stay is shorter in small, nonprofit hospital, while the cure rate is higher. Moreover, the smaller hospital have more employees per patient, and receive less complaints from the patients. At the first glance, this argument appears to be somewhat convincing, but further reflects rebeal that it suffers three logical flaws.

The basic problem for this argument is that the diseases treated in the two hospitals maybe different. Saluda is a small town, as the newspaper said, so when the viligers got some indisposition, they probably go to the nearer and smaller hospital. On the other hand, when they suffer the serious and fatal diseases, they have to go to big hospital in big city like Megaville for better medical treatments. So the length of stay will be shorter, and the cure rate will be higher in smaller hospitals. In addition, a town has a less population than a big city, of course, so it is naturally for small hospitals have more emploees per patient and receive less complaints, because they have less people and patients.

Secondly, there are not enough evidence to show out which kind of hospital is more economical and of better quality. Common sence tells us that for a small, nonprofit hospital, it usually has low-level medical instruments and appratus, and poorer treated feculty compared with a big , profit hospital. The reasons are obvious, larger hospitals have a
big, steady resourse of money, and can attact better qualified doctors for it can provide better opportunities. Under this concern, a hospital in Megaville city will provide a high-grade treatment, and it is reasonable to charge us more money. To sum up, the author made a hasty conclution before he had enough evidences.

Even assume the hospital in the town of Saluda is more economical and of better quality than the hospital in the city of Megabille, the author falsely made the assumption that individual cases can typify a general situation. Saluda and Megabille might have their unique characters which differ form other towns and cities, such as population, body conditions of the citizens, or even the medical development of the two areas. To sum, it is entirely possible that in other towns or cities, things will be not the case at all .




All in all, the agrument fails to substantiate the calim that smaller, nonprofit hospitals are more economical and of better quality because the evidence cited does not lend strong support. if the author would have to provide more information with regard to more details about the situations about the population, medical development in Saluda and Megaville, the argument will be more logically acceptable.

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