Why has consolidation of the healthcare system not yielded the typical savings of increased scale?

Learning Objective:  

Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis

Recognize relationships among different disciplinary approaches to the study of human cultures and the natural world

Integrate learning from different disciplines to illuminate intersecting topics of investigation

Week #6 PBL Assignment

1.Choose a side on whether you think resource allocation should be distributed by need or by merit by administrators at a hospital?

2. Which do you think is best suited to create the greatest good for a community? Defend your answer.

3. Does the need of the people in poverty, the disabled, and with chronic disabilities provide a reasonable justification for their demand for service? Should priority healthcare be distributed by price?  What are the pros and cons of each line of thought? Defend your answer.

Requirements:

Answer all of the questions and Your submission must be double spaced with 12-point font.  The submission must be 2 – 3 pages and in APA format.

 

Read and watch the following material:

• Book: Chapter 5: Assessing Market-Driven Reforms: Economy without Solidarity
• Media: Entrepreneurship in healthcare: Ruchi Dass at TEDxGachibowli
• Media: Consumer-Directed Health Care

Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis

Recognize relationships among different disciplinary approaches to the study of human cultures and the natural world

Integrate learning from different disciplines to illuminate intersecting topics of investigation

Week #6 Individual Assignment

Refer to the readings and videos from this week and previous weeks where necessary to answer the following questions:

• Why has consolidation of the healthcare system not yielded the typical savings of increased scale?
• What issues could arise from people needing to be sick for the healthcare system to be profitable?
• What issues could arise from physicians being thought of as the main customer of hospitals?
• What are some ways that people can practice religious values in a changing healthcare marketplace?
• Are the goals of prevention and wellness, which serve both individuals and the community, likelier to be advanced by competition for market share or by commitment to mission?
• How can financial investment improve efficiency and quality, and translate into better care for the community through market competition?

Requirements:

Answer all of the questions and Your submission must be double spaced with 12-point font.