Week 9 Assignment: Costs and Benefits of Performance Improvement
Preparation
Complete the following:
- Research the costs and benefits associated with the changes required to bring the government programs in your chosen country (from the Unit 3 assignment) up to the standards exemplified by the best practices of the model country you identified in the Unit 5 assessment.
- Research and consider ways to measure the benefits of program performance.
Deliverable
Complete the following:
- Describe briefly the scope of changes needed to raise your chosen country’s care standards to the levels reached by your model country. Limit your focus to a single program, department, or initiative relative to the issue and area you chose to focus on in your Unit 3 assignment. Document any assumptions you make.
- Discuss a significant benefit of the program from the perspective of either the government or the health care consumer.
- Identify and discuss the major costs (that is, personnel, education, equipment, et cetera) associated with implementing the described changes.
- Identify a source (private, NGO, or government) that could be a likely or reasonable source to help fund this quality improvement project. Explain your reasoning.
- Consider performance measures to assess program performance. Complete both of the following:
- Qualitative: Explain a way to qualitatively assess the program performance. Why is this an effective way to assess it?
- Quantitative: Discuss a model that you would choose to quantitatively assess the program performance. Why is this an effective way to assess it?
Additional Requirements
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
- Formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Number of resources: Use a minimum of three resources.
- Length: 5–7 double-spaced pages, not including the references page.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio.