Assignment: Capacity Analysis

1. Argue why capacity analysis is important in a health services environment. Provide one example of this importance in a health services environment to support your argument.

2. Evaluate the importance of applications of queuing theory in a health services environment. Provide one example of this importance to support your evaluation.

3. Compare the primary strengths and weaknesses of the following

cost-benefit analysis (CBA)
cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA)
cost-utility analysis (CUA)

4. Give your opinion on which method you believe to be the most effective in economic evaluation.

5. Compare the main strengths and weaknesses of the Gantt chart and PERT for project management, and give your opinion on which you believe is the most effective for project management.

6. Diagnose the key factors which can influence the riskiness of projects (investments) in health care organizations. Justify your response.