Final answer:
Medicare requires a 3 night qualifying stay in an acute hospital for SNF admission. The answer is A: 3 night qualifying stay. Additionally, with the average stay of 80 women being more than five days, it's likely they spent over a year collectively in the hospital.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question refers to the eligibility requirements for Medicare coverage at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Medicare requires a 3 night qualifying stay in an acute hospital before a patient can be admitted to a SNF. Therefore, the correct answer is A: 3 night qualifying stay. Regarding the additional information provided:
- If an individual stayed more than five days in the hospital, their stay alone would not necessarily indicate whether collectively all 80 women spent more than a year in the hospital.
- If the average stay of the 80 women was more than five days, it is likely that they collectively spent more than a year in the hospital. We can assume this because 80 women with an average of more than 5 days each would accumulate over 400 days in total, which exceeds a year (365 days).