Homework: Business
Part I
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
Task
• Choose a side on whether you think resource allocation should be distributed by need or by merit by administrators at a hospital?
• Which do you think is best suited to create the greatest good for a community? Defend your answer.
• 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.
Reference
1. Book: Chapter 5: Assessing Market-Driven Reforms: Economy without Solidarity
2. Media: Entrepreneurship in healthcare: Ruchi Dass at TEDxGachibowli
3. 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
Part II
Refer to the readings and videos from this week and previous weeks where necessary to answer the following questions:
A. Why has consolidation of the healthcare system not yielded the typical savings of increased scale?
B. What issues could arise from people needing to be sick for the healthcare system to be profitable?
C. What issues could arise from physicians being thought of as the main customer of hospitals?
D. What are some ways that people can practice religious values in a changing healthcare marketplace?
E. 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?
F. How can financial investment improve efficiency and quality, and translate into better care for the community through market competition?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.