Reading Comprehension: Inference Questions
If insurance companies choose to provide positive incentives to hospitals to reduce the rate of readmissions, what may be inferred about programs underwritten by insurance companies?
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[[snippet]]Since the aim of these programs is to save the insurance companies money, their cost must be less than these companies are currently paying for readmissions.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]Since these programs would allow for better follow-up care, we can infer that they would keep patients healthier and therefore reduce the rate of hospital readmissions.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]There is nothing in the passage to suggest that a program underwritten (paid for) by the insurance companies would cost the hospital more money than usual.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]There is no information to support this statement. The author presents the idea of programs underwritten by insurance companies as a possible solution to the problem of hospital readmissions, but we have no way of determining whether this solution would work or fail.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]Although these programs will reduce the number of readmissions, we cannot infer that all readmissions will cease (people still get sick unexpectedly).
