Most Patients Who Undergo Surgery Make Routine Recoveries and Are

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Most patients who undergo surgery make routine recoveries and are discharged as planned,but some patients experience complications and their discharge is delayed.A small city has a large hospital and a small hospital,each performing major and minor surgeries.Data is collected at each hospital to see how many surgical patients have their discharges delayed by postsurgical complications.The results are shown in the following table. $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { | l | c c | } &\text { Discharge Delayed }\\\hline \text {procedure }& \text { Large hospital } & \text { Small hospital } \\\hline \text { Major surgery } & 72 \text { of } 600 & 12 \text { of } 60 \\\text { Minor surgery } & 12 \text { of } 300 & 20 \text { of } 250 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$ What were the discharge delay rates at each hospital?

• A)Large hospital: 12.7% Small hospital: 8.9%
• B)Large hospital: 9.6% Small hospital: 9.6%
• C)Large hospital: 16% Small hospital: 28%
• D)Large hospital: 9.6% Small hospital: 2.6%
• E)Large hospital: 9.3% Small hospital: 10.3%

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