How healthcare capacity constraints impact society

Peer Discussion

I agree with you healthcare assessment as it relates to capacity. I agree with the majority of your post related to inadequate supply of healthcare professionals and protective equipment. Its appears a majority of this is attributable to unexpected demand for healthcare services and an overall lack of infostructure. As you alluded to in your post, fatigue also had a major impact on the lack of accessibility of human capital during the pandemic. This ultimately resulted in lower capacity due to low staffing, longer hours, and a higher infection rate. I somewhat agree with your assertion related to machines and how technology can help mitigate capacity constraints. However, these innovations will require large amounts of capital investment which will ultimately lower profits in the short term for longer term gains in capacity.

Peer Discussion 4

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I agree with your three main components of capacity. Here, the components of balance, frequency and use are play a major role within the healthcare infrastructure. For one, even though hospitals added more staff, the demand still overwhelmed the overall increase in staffing numbers, creating an imbalance within the healthcare system. Likewise, the frequency of admission of patients heavily strained the hospitals causing capacity constraints. Finally, the overall use of capacity was for very long duration treatments that could take at a minimum 14 days to cure. These issues all adversely impacted capacity and thus needed to be rectified in the long term.