VIEWING PROJECT LAUNCHES INTO KNIGHTIAN UNCERTAINTY: ILLUSTRATED BY THE HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE TRIAGE INITIATIVE
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
The United States is in the midst of grave fiscal conditions. In addition to overall economic instability—i.e., The “Fiscal Cliff, the cost of health care in the U.S. has exploded over the past halfcentury. There is a particular concern, given the aging baby boomer population, in that escalating end-of-life health care costs will soon overwhelm the health care delivery system [HCDS]. In 2012 in the May/June issue of Nursing Economic$, Kovner, Lusk, and Selander posited the general mission and basic strategic considerations for addressing the impending cost crisis called the KLS-Action Plan the focus of which is to lower end-of-life health care costs through the tandem coordinated use of Hospice and Palliative care. In 2013, Lusk, Selander and Halperin discussed the economic and political imperatives in play as they are likely to impact the sustainability of the KLS-Action Plan. In this related paper, using pilot test information we will illustrate a Decision Support System [DSS] programmed in Excel using openaccess VBA-code that can be used by health planners to test out that sustainability. In addition, we have used Knightian Uncertainty to develop the final introspective output of the DSS.The KLS-Action Plan DSS is available at no cost from the corresponding author and we waive all intellectual property rights to its use.
Authors and Affiliations
Edward J. Lusk, PhD, CPA (Corresponding Author)| Professor of Accounting The State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh School of Business and Economics: Plattsburgh, NY, USA luskej@plattsburgh.edu Term Visiting Scholar 2013-2014 Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany mgunkel@inkubator.leuphana.de Emeritus, Department of Statistics The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA lusk@wharton.upenn.edu Tel: +01.518.564.4190 Fax: +01.518.564.3183, Nellie Selander, BA, MUP| Consultant: New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY, USA RWJ:IOM 80/20Project nms337@nyu.edu, Michael Halperin, PhD| Director Lippincott Library of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19014, USA halperin@wharton.upenn.edu Tel: +01.215.898.9434
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