Problem 2. Congratulations! Upon graduating you accept a well-deserved job with XER Consulting. Your first job involves a consulting gig with a state subcommittee on health care issues. The Senate health care subcommittee is considering the expansion of two existing public health programs. One program concerns additional funding for nursing homes around the state. The other program involves additional funding for community health centers around the state. In both cases the funding is supposed to be used to attract more nurses for expansion purposes. Your job involves the following four tasks: C. Use the production possibilities curve to graphically show and verbally explain how both programs could be expanded at a lower opportunity cost if growth is expected for the public health care system. Refer to points on the graph in your explanation.

Problem 2. Congratulations! Upon graduating you accept a well-deserved job with XER Consulting. Your first job involves a consulting gig with a state subcommittee on health care issues. The Senate health care subcommittee is considering the expansion of two existing public health programs. One program concerns additional funding for nursing homes around the state. The other program involves additional funding for community health centers around the state. In both cases the funding is supposed to be used to attract more nurses for expansion purposes. Your job involves the following four tasks: C. Use the production possibilities curve to graphically show and verbally explain how both programs could be expanded at a lower opportunity cost if growth is expected for the public health care system. Refer to points on the graph in your explanation.

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Chapter4: Economic Evaluation In Health Care

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