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Introduction

The Peace Memorial Downtown Health Clinic , also known as the DHC or the PMH is located in Greatwest Office , at the Shopping Complex , Main and West Street Corner , and has its history dating four decades ago following the US government federal legislation of the Hill Burton Act that saw the disbursements of billions of dollars being actualized towards the construction of hospitals and medical schools . This was mainly a noble artifice to have transformation of health care

being changed from being a privilege to being an entitlement to every US citizen . The most considered group in this cause included the indigent and the disabled- persons whom the US government sought to provide health care to , at subsidized prices . The location in which the hospital is situated was reached at , by the hospital 's board of trustees who were then willing to share in the construction and design expenses , together with the expenses that would be incurred when procuring medical equipments

Problem definition

Although the DHC or the PMH has in the past maintained a good track record of sound performance , yet , the institution is beset by myriads of problems that is threatening to usher in , its closure . For instance , the medical institution at the present is faced by skyrocketing costs of health care provision , limited bed stay capacity and the glaring danger of competition from other dealers in healthcare provision

Analysis of the case

At the moment , DHC is surrounded by problems given the present time demographic shift that is taking shape in the North , East and the Western hemisphere of the country . This has led to a situation whereby mostly young people and the rest of other family members have migrated into the suburban areas . This state of affairs has led to a situation whereby , the the inner city residents upon whom the PMH is increasingly dependent , being inundated by these immigrants who are not wealthy enough to afford their own health care fee . This situation means that the financial well being of the DHC has been of late very unstable

At the same time , there has been less stronger stable or consistent inflow of both short stay and self sponsored patients . This means that the bed capacity and the stay capacity of the DHC is overwhelmed by the population that seeks the medical services , while at the same time , this means that the above situation is likely to usher in an outbreak of diseases , given that patients are forced by these circumstances to share beddings . This overcrowding also means that even the medical services practitioners are in jeopardy themselves (Kerin and Peterson , 1998 pp 199

In the meanwhile , the DHC is faced by the danger of competition from other health care providers such as the Medcenter , which a privately owned institution that is situated in the suburban near the DHC . Unlike the DHC , Medcenter has ambulatory services . This is likely to be a problem to the DHC , not...