Day: March 13, 2018

Health Economics

The answers for these 2 questions are in the powerpoint, please answer them according to the powerpoint slide i have just uploaded 
Question: (800-1000 words) please dont go over 1000 words
a) As an economic advisor to the Health Minister, how would you respond to the following question raised by a member of parliament?
“Access to food is more important than access to health care. Why do governments intervene more directly in markets for health care compared to markets for food?”
There is no doubt that access to food is one of the fundamental needs in the life of every person. A hungry individual is unproductive, and a hungry society has a decreased economic growth. However, the food market is different to the healthcare market. Food, land and other properties are rights that are provided by nature, and individuals may decide to fight for them when they are taken away from them. Similarly, just as, if not more, fundamental is healthcare which the World Health Organization, (2000) has stated that everyone should have the right to explanation of reasons for market failure in healthcare market.and moral hazard and adverse selection. 
Q2. 
b) What do you think should be the objectives of a health care system? How would you finance and organise the system to achieve this?
Within your answer you should detail;
• How you would raise funds
• How you would pay Doctors
• How you would finance hospitals and other health care services

An ideal objective of a healthcare system is associated with efficiency and equity. explain equity and efficiency. taxation to raise funds. only in public hosiptals. the answer is in the slides. 
The most releveant reference is these: 
Donaldson, C., (2011). Credit crunch health care: How economics can save our publicly funded health services. Policy Press.
Donaldson, C., and Gerard K., (2005). ‘Economics of Health Care Financing: The Visible Hand (2nd edition)’. Palgrave/Macmillan, London, 2005. CHAPTERS 7-8

The Financial

Using your NAB Company Portfolio and the first year of your business plan for the company, complete the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the “Business Plan Financials” spreadsheet. (These files are found in the Student Center). Attach the completed Excel worksheet to the discussion thread.
Remember to include your marketing costs from the Marketing Plan you completed in Week 6.
Use the figures you arrived at in the operations and technology sections of your plan to help fill out your financial forms.
Go through the worksheets in order. The Excel worksheets will automatically enter the numbers into your Income Statement as you enter them.
Develop the following financial sections of your NAB company’s Business Plan. Attach the completed Word document to the discussion thread.
Sources and use of funds
Plan assumptions
Break-even analysis
Provide constructive feedback to at least one (1) other classmate’s post.

Section 1:  Feasibility Studies   

 

Your Tasks

You are a consortium of Consultants commissioned to carry out a feasibility study for the Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration area, which will be the heart of a new mixed-use development and provide a new town centre for Barnet.  The project is primarily funded by a consortium of private developers, who are also your Client. As a consortium you need to be aware of the needs of the project, the environmental impact and sustainability requirements of the development, and committed to working closely with the Client and stakeholders to deliver optimum value.

The main project of Brent cross redevelopment project consists of 3 different phases, and we choose to go with 2nd phase wich is building a new THAMESLINK STATION between Cricklewood and Hendon stations

 

Section 1:  Feasibility Studies   

 

1     Describe the current political and economic landscape that the Consultants for this development has to face and the influence that they have on the success of the outcome.

 

·         The answer needs to be around 1700 words and it has to be EXACTLY related to BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK STATION  to be and make headlines and sub-headlines and bullet-points

 

 

 

2     Present an economic evaluation of the financing of the Infrastructure and the likely costs.

 

·         THIS MUST INCLUDE WHOS FUNDING THE PROJECT , HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND SOME ESTMATIONS.

·         TABLE AND CHARTS NEEDED IN THIS PART

·         The answer needs to be around 1700 words and it has to be EXACTLY related to BRENT CROSS THAMESLINK STATION to be and make headlines and sub-headlines

 

 

 

Emerging Technologies: The Future of Flying Taxis

Investigate the usage of flying taxis and their future. Discuss the legislation and maintenance regulations required for their operation. 
Also to include their future and effects on environment, safety measures such as collision avoidance technology, maintenance practices and legislation. Technical aspects will include their design, operation and how they are controlled. (Detailed guidelines are provided in attached files, along with a presentation for some ideas to follow)

Glenn Gould's Music Interpretation

Analyse Glenn Gould's music interpretation and how it is different from Mozart's playing style. 

Analyse his interpretation towards Mozart Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K 309 and please answer the questions in the word document that has already been attached in the additional materials.

 Smoke Signals, 1998; Directed by Chris Eyre

1. Develop a thesis statement pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. 
2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs and must map back to your thesis statement. 
3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain your choices of scenes and how the scenes specifically support your thesis statement. Also, provide the exact time the scenes begin and end within the film text. 
4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference.

Quality Improvement Presentation Poster

The second is to identify a new issue related to a biopsychosocial (BPS) clinical issue, or a clinical issue related to one of the items from the list of conditions, diseases, and disorders presented in the Resources section for the Concept Map assessment. The focus should be on a community rather than on a specific patient or health care setting. 
Create an abstract and a poster for a presentation to executive-level leadership of the organization, to the community, or to your colleagues that will sell them on your quality improvement plan.

Abstract Requirements 
Your abstract should be 100–250 words. 
It should summarize the key information in your poster. 
Do not put your abstract on your poster itself; submit it as a separate document. Or, if you are using PowerPoint to help create your poster, create a new slide that is clearly labeled as your abstract. 
Poster Requirements 
Your poster should include the following sections: 
Quality Improvement Methods. 
Evidence Supporting QI Methods. 
Change Strategy Foundation. 
Interprofessional Team Benefits. 
Overall Project Benefits. 
Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration. 
Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed. 
Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies. 
Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project. 
Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience. 
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style. 
Additional Requirements 
Length of submission: 
Abstract: 100–250 words. Your abstract should be succinct and precise.

Discussion Question Chapter 11 DM SOC

Ch 11: Gender
Is there still a need for the feminist movement in the United States? Use examples to support your answer. Do you consider yourself a feminist? Why or why not?

Financial Mathematics and Business Statistics: Individual Coursework

Instructions

This coursework tests your basic financial mathematics and statistical modelling skills, using spreadsheet software (Excel – formulae, financial maths, graphical features, Data Analysis and Solver tools) as well as your awareness of the reality of how financial products work. Your answers are to be presented in an essay/report format, for which you will use a word processor. In writing your report, please:

·         state and explain all assumptions, on which your answers are based;

·         clearly indicate your answer/recommendations;

·         no evidence of use of excel will result in a fail mark for this element of the coursework component of your mark;

·         support any answers with the appropriate calculations to arrive at the answer;

·         include selected screens of formulae underlying computed values. Failure to demonstrate you have created appropriate formulations on excel will be severely penalised. Despite the fact that you will be submitting the Excel file as well, your report is a stand-alone document, meaning a reader should not be required to look at the Excel file to understand your analysis, findings and recommendations;

·         please note that adequate usage of the excel calculations in the report is important. This means that the key data/findings needs to be included in the report and appropriate referencing needs to be done, i.e. the relevant cell/table/range in the relevant tab of the excel file mentioned at the point of the report when it should be consulted.

 

 

 

 

Question 2:                                                                                                                 (25%)

 

Kyle Dier is looking to buy his first home and through savings and a gift from his parents he has managed to raise £120,000. Kyle has identified two possible properties, a one bedroom flat in the centre of town that costs £350,000 and a three-bedroom house outside of town that costs £500,000 and he's decided to ask for your help identifying the best mortgage offers he can choose.

 

Required:

 

a)      Identify (and clearly indicate them in your submission) a minimum of three lenders Kyle could borrow the money from and discuss the mortgage alternatives available and the respective terms and applicable interest rates;

b)      For the most favourable rate for each type of mortgage (interest only and repayment), calculate the monthly payment Kyle would need to make for each of the properties he's looking to possibly buy if he chooses to take out a 20-year mortgage;

c)      Kyle believes it is highly likely that he will receive £75,000 in two years' time and if he does, he will use the money to make a partial payment of the mortgage. For both options in b) and considering the payments he will have done by then as well as the one-off partial payment, calculate the monthly payments for the remaining 18 years of the mortgage.

d)     Make a recommendation on the property Kyle should buy purely on financial terms and identify what other factors should be taken in consideration when making the final decision.

 

 

federal tax research

The report must be prepared in tax memo format, 3 pages, Times New Roman, font 12, double-spaced. • The tax memo should include the following five sections: (1) facts, (2) issue, (3) authorities, (4) conclusion, and (5) analysis
Research Module #2
Scenario.
Tony and Stella resided in Utah at the time their petition was filed. Before 2006 they had a job with a business in his locality. Sometime in 2005 he learned that his employer planned to move the business to Costa Rica. In anticipation of that event Tony sought to find another source of income and decided that he would become a professional gambler. Stella also worked, and Tony thought that another source of income would allow her to stay home with their child. Before Tony’s decision to become a professional gambler, they had been casual gamblers but they did not wager large amounts. Sometime during 2005 they began to invest heavily in gambling (mainly playing slot machines). They were born in Vietnam, and their religious and cultural beliefs were derived from their Vietnamese background. They believed in Feng Shui. Because of this belief and other religious and cultural beliefs, they expected that certain days were “lucky days” or days on which their chances of successful gambling increased. They were cognizant that slot machine odds favored the casinos but expected to overcome those odds by attempting to gamble on their “lucky days”. In addition, they would watch other slot machine players; and if they had excessive losses, they believed that taking over machines of losing players provided more opportunity. That was their plan for making a profit. Initially, their Feng Shui/cultural approach resulted in success. Accordingly, they increased the amounts wagered in 2005 and continued doing so through 2006 and part of 2007. In early 2007 they realized that they were about $200,000 in debt and that their attempt to make a profit had failed. they had withdrawn money from their retirement funds and borrowed against various assets to finance their attempt to make a profit from gambling. During 2006 they were employed in West Jordan, Utah, and traveled approximately 130 miles to Nevada to pursue gambling. During 2006 they traveled 130 miles each way to Nevada casinos on Friday afternoons and gambled for long hours, sleeping only a few hours per night. They did this every weekend and on legal holidays when they were off work. Tony and Stella, because of their “lucky day” beliefs, generally limited their slot machine playing to one of the two individuals—the one with the more favorable “lucky day” indicators. During 2006 they reported combined winnings of $852,230. That included $586,038 of winnings that the casinos reported to the IRS on Forms W-2G, Certain Gambling Winnings (winnings in excess of $1,200), and $266,192 of winnings that were not reflected on Forms W-2G (winnings in amounts less than $1,200). Of the $586,038, Tony’s Forms W-2G reflected $500,490 and Stella’s Forms W-2G reflected $85,548. For 2006 their losses exceeded their gains by approximately $200,000. 2 On the 2006 return Tony claimed that he was a professional gambler (gambled for profit). He reported his 2006 gambling winnings and losses on a Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business, but did not claim a loss in excess of winnings for the year.