1- There are some alternatives decisions for downtown health clinics. These alternatives are having some advantages and disadvantages. The alternatives decisions are
A- The first alternative decision is adding more physician. The health clinic need to hire more physicians working in the downtown clinic. The advantage of this decision is that more patients can meet doctors and receive treatments. Other point of providing physician is reducing congestion during the rush hour from 11am – 2 pm (Lunch time. In other hand the disadvantages is the cost will be higher and price will increase, also the revenue will reduce since the payment for physician.
B- Second alternative decision is adding additional gynecologist specialist. This specialist is
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In other hand, the number of customers will rise up and there is not enough space for all of them, also heavy load during the rush hour as well as the female patients can’t receive health care from gynecologist specialist.
D- Final alternative decision, there is possibility of combining the first and second options by adding both gynecologist and physician. This will help reducing the congestion during rush hour also will meet the demands of the female patients, in other hand this will lower the net revenue and rise up the cost.
2- The criteria used for evaluating the alternative decisions based on the financial forecasts for each alternative decisions and the demand of the female. There are that there are many customers who visit clinic usually come with personal illness. Whereas the number of personal illness must be increase for visiting minimum by %20. The highest number of visiting occurs during the rush hour which is generally between 11am-2pm and %97 among of them are the first time vising patients. Recently there is increasing in demand for gynecologist by females. There estimation of female who demand gynecologist around %50 of total female patients vising the clinic. The patients also request to extend the working hours starting from 7am till 7pm. Finally, based on the above criteria, the alternative decisions are