Healthcare elasticity

a) Write the formula for price elasticity of demand and describe what it means.

b) How would you expect the price elasticity of demand for health care to vary with health status?

c) Would the demand for health care increase or decrease with an improvement in educational attainment in the community?

d) Studies using macroeconomic data indicate higher income elasticity for health care. Does that make health care an inferior, normal, or superior good? Explain.

e) Describe the components of time cost in health care. Is time less costly for patients with higher wage rates? Explain.

Please provide references according to APA guidelines..

 

HCS514 Week-2 Internal and external factorst

Analyze the design of your organization in a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper.

Describe the internal and external factors that have defined and shaped your organization in terms of its size, organizational structure, and processes. Has the demand for more accountability affected the behavior of your organization in any way?

HCS514 Week-1 Memo to CEO- design of organization

A new CEO has just taken over your organization and would like a brief report on the current state of your organization in order to formulate a strategy for improving its performance. Describe your organization in terms of its design (centralized, decentralized, location, and so on) and functionality in a brief memo of 350 to 500 words.

 

Gainsharing incentive plan

1.      What are gainsharing incentive plans? 

2.      Identify at least ten (10) characteristics that contribute to the success of some gainsharing plans.

3.      Identify at least five (5) factors that contribute to the failure of some gainsharing plans.

 

frauds and corporate scandals similar

With all of the recent frauds and corporate scandals similar to Merck, AIG, Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and ImClone you have heard. Your supervisor has asked you to research news sites and read articles on the potential legal and ethical issues related to data analysis organizations have gone through in the recent past. After reading these sites, you have become interested on researching additional resources on the data analysis by using the Library, the Internet, and all other resources that are linked to this case and you want to research and prepare a report that summarizes the following questions relevant to data analysis on a specific organization of your choice. 1. How did the company you have researched use or misuse data to support their decisions? 2. What were the results? 3. What are the limitations and significance of the data? 4. What are ethical implications of data misuses in this case?

forward integration

In your opinion, when would forward integration be a particularly good strategy to pursue? 200 words w/references

environmental issues ozone depletion, global warming...(management)

Identify and describe how one business in your community is addressing at least one of the four (4) environmental issues presented…ozone depletion, global warming, declining biodiversity, and threats to our marine ecosystem.