Description
Multiply nonnegative newPatients by hoursPerNewPatient, subtract availableHours with a zero floor for excessHours, and multiply excess by displacedValuePerHour.
Health-economic costs depend on resource definitions, perspective, currency, price year, and timing. An incremental or discounted model term uses supplied assumptions without proving treatment benefit or determining an adoption decision.
Multiply nonnegative newPatients by hoursPerNewPatient, subtract availableHours with a zero floor for excessHours, and multiply excess by displacedValuePerHour.
When to use this tool
Use Health Service Capacity Opportunity Gap when you need one transparent health-economic cost or comparison component.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter availableHours, hoursPerNewPatient, newPatients, displacedValuePerHour. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read hoursNeeded, excessHours, displacedValue. Use the output convention below.
Multiply nonnegative newPatients by hoursPerNewPatient, subtract availableHours with a zero floor for excessHours, and multiply excess by displacedValuePerHour.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| availableHours | Available Hours | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| hoursPerNewPatient | Hours Per New Patient | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| newPatients | New Patients | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| displacedValuePerHour | Displaced Value Per Hour | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| hoursNeeded | Hours Needed | Required. Finite number. |
| excessHours | Excess Hours | Required. Finite number. |
| displacedValue | Displaced Value | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"availableHours": 100,
"hoursPerNewPatient": 2,
"newPatients": 60,
"displacedValuePerHour": 50
},
"output": {
"hoursNeeded": 120,
"excessHours": 20,
"displacedValue": 1000
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Supplied averages and values do not establish actual capacity, scheduling feasibility, patient priority, or safe staffing; displacedValue is a modeled excess-capacity cost.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Review the complete economic evaluation, clinical evidence, uncertainty, and relevant decision context separately.
References
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