Exam #1
Spring 2018 MAR 4804/P80 (TUES) Dr. Bruce Seaton
Take Home Exam#1 Name: ____________
THE#! is to be submitted by 9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21st, 2018. You are to submit electronically via Blackboard. The exam is open book, open note and may be attempted on an individual basis or in cooperation with one other fellow student. In the latter circumstance equal contribution is assumed. While you may consult written materials, you are not to discuss your answers with anyone other than your collaborator, if there is one. If you quote substantially from a source it should be cited! Submission of your exam attests to your acceptance of these conditions. Please submit your exam in a unified file, i.e. NOT multiple files. You may submit a scanned copy but .JPEG is not acceptable. MSWord is also welcomed! Include your name on the FILE ITSELF. Best of luck!
This question is based on the Pate Memorial Hospital Case.
PMH: WS #6: Observed Patronage Patterns by Time of Day
Assume that the clinic is treating 20 patients/day (see Case Ex. 5).
Time period % of patients # of patients Patients/hour
(see p. 9 (46))
11 AM - 2PM 70% 14 4.7
Other (5 hours) 30% 6 1.2
Overall 100% 20 2.5
Address the following
a) Compare the patient incidence in the above table to the desired rate of 4 Patients/hour. What specific problems do these data pose for the PMH clinic? Explain your logic.
b) Suggest approaches to solve the problem from
- demand side (modifying patient behavior)
- supply side (modifying Clinic behavior)
Which of the above 2 approaches would you recommend? Briefly explain. You may incorporate modern technology such as websites, texting, social media etc. if you wish.
c) Briefly consider the issues posed by the complex decision process (including the role of insurance) in your answer (see WS #3).
Either type answers in MSWord or scan to a pdf file. Do not use JPEG!
Note: 1 point may be deducted for each hour, or part thereof, that a submission is late, with a maximum of 5 points per 24 hours. This is based on 20 points per question!
Spring
201
8
MAR 4804/
P80
(
TUES
)
Dr. Bruce Seaton
Take Home
Exam
#1
Name: ____________
TH
E#!
is to be submitted by
9
:00
P
M,
Wednes
day,
March
2
1st
,
2018
.
You
are to
submit
electronically
via
Blackboard
. The exam is open book, open note and may be
attempted on an
individual basis
or
in cooperation with one other fellow student
.
In the latter circumstance equal contribution is assumed. While you may consult written
m
aterials
, you are not to
discuss your answers with anyone other than your collaborator,
if there is one. If you quote substantially from a source it should be cited! Submission
of your exam attests to your acceptance of these conditions.
Please submit y
our exam
in a unified file, i.e.
NOT
multiple
file
s
.
You may submit a scanned copy but .
JPEG
is
not
acceptable. MSWord is also welcomed!
Include
your name on the
FILE
ITSELF
.
Best of luck!
This
question is based on the Pate Memorial Hospital Case.
PMH: WS #6: Observed Patronage Patterns by Time of Day
Assume that the cli
nic is treating 20 patients/day
(see Case Ex. 5).
Time period
% of patients
# of pat
ients
Patients/hour
(see p. 9
(46
))
11 AM
-
2PM
70%
14
4.7
Other (5 hours)
30%
6
1.2
Overall
100%
20
2.5
Address the following
a
)
Compare the patient incidence in the above table to the desired rate
of 4 Patients/h
ou
r. What specific problems do
these data pose for the
PMH clinic? Explain your logic.
b
)
Suggest approaches to solve the problem from
Spring 2018 MAR 4804/P80 (TUES) Dr. Bruce Seaton
Take Home Exam#1 Name: ____________
THE#! is to be submitted by 9:00 PM, Wednesday, March 21st, 2018. You are to
submit electronically via Blackboard. The exam is open book, open note and may be
attempted on an individual basis or in cooperation with one other fellow student.
In the latter circumstance equal contribution is assumed. While you may consult written
materials, you are not to discuss your answers with anyone other than your collaborator,
if there is one. If you quote substantially from a source it should be cited! Submission
of your exam attests to your acceptance of these conditions. Please submit your exam
in a unified file, i.e. NOT multiple files. You may submit a scanned copy but .JPEG is
not acceptable. MSWord is also welcomed! Include your name on the FILE
ITSELF. Best of luck!
This question is based on the Pate Memorial Hospital Case.
PMH: WS #6: Observed Patronage Patterns by Time of Day
Assume that the clinic is treating 20 patients/day (see Case Ex. 5).
Time period % of patients # of patients Patients/hour
(see p. 9 (46))
11 AM - 2PM 70% 14 4.7
Other (5 hours) 30% 6 1.2
Overall 100% 20 2.5
Address the following
a) Compare the patient incidence in the above table to the desired rate
of 4 Patients/hour. What specific problems do these data pose for the
PMH clinic? Explain your logic.
b) Suggest approaches to solve the problem from