Assignment:
Thus far in the course, the primary focus has been on hospitals within the healthcare industry. For this short paper you will consider the economic issues related to long-term care facilities.
In this assignment, consider the following questions related to long-term care facilities:
• What are the factors that make long-term care unique compared to a hospital?
• What is the effect of Certificate of Need (CON) on the economics of long-term care economic decision making and how is this different from that of a hospital?
• What does the forecast of supply and demand for the long-term care industry look like for the next 25 years and how should that impact decision making?
• Should the U.S. government cover the costs for the elderly in the middle and wealthy classes?