Why
Hospitals Want Patients to Pay UpFront
from the first page of the article
Instructions
The purpose of this
assignment is to assess critical thinking skills, particularly in the areas of
evaluation and deduction. The last page
provides supplemental materials on these topics. Once the supplemental materials have been
carefully reviewed, read the case presented below from Businessweek on medical
debt.
Then, complete the three
items below. These questions are to be
answered individually. Type your responses
in a single Word document titled QM3345_MedicalDebt_LastFirst.docx.
ITEM 1:
Answer the following
questions using complete sentences.
Source:
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/a-sample-assignment-format/438).
a.
Is the question at issue well
stated? Is it clear and unbiased? Does the expression of the question do
justice to the complexity of the matter at issue?
b.
Does the writer cite relevant
evidence, experiences, and/or information essential to the issue?
c.
Does the writer clarify key
concepts when necessary?
d.
Does the writer show a
sensitivity to what he or she is assuming or taking for granted? (Insofar as
those assumptions might reasonably questioned)?
e.
Does the writer develop a
definite line of reasoning, explaining well how he or she is arriving at his or
her conclusions?
f.
Is the writer’s reasoning well
– supported?
g.
Does the writer show
sensitivity to alternative points of view or lines of reasoning? Does he or she
consider and respond to objections framed from other points of view?
h.
Does the writer show
sensitivity to the implications and consequences of the position he or she has
taken?
ITEM
2:
1.
Evaluative reasoning skills
enable a credibility assessment (i.e., extent to which individuals are being
truthful) of sources of information and the claims they make. In essence,
we use these skills to determine an argument’s strengths and/or
weaknesses. By applying evaluation skills, judgments of the quality of
analyses, interpretations, explanations, inferences, options, opinions,
beliefs, ideas, proposals, and decisions can be made. These explanations
can support high quality evaluation by providing the evidence, reasons,
methods, criteria, or assumptions behind the claims made and the conclusions
reached.
·
Explain the evaluative
reasoning process applied to analyze the hospital case.
ITEM
3:
2.
Deductive reasoning starts with
a general principle and deduces that it applies to a specific case. Deductive
reasoning moves with exacting precision from the assumed truth of a set of
premises to a conclusion which cannot be false if those premises are true.
·
Describe the deductive
reasoning process that was applied to analyze the hospitals’ rising cost of
uncompensated care and justify the requirement for
upfront payment.
