Session 3: Group 18 red and blue

Common medical conditions among the homeless were prioritized using a scale from 1 (least important) to 10 (most important). Scores were collected before the discussion (blue) and after the discussion (red) and averaged.

ALLOCATION OF LIMITED RESOURCES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

Medical Expenses Budget

Chronic Health Conditions

Psychiatric Illness

Alcohol Treatment

Drug Treatment $2800 – treat 2 people for drugs

Acute Infectious Diseases $800 – 200 30-day antibiotic treatments

Physical Assault

Sexual Assault $400 – treat 1 person for sexual assault

1 meal or less $6000 – 1 meal a day for 1 month for 200 people

Acute non-infectious

Tuberculosis

Total

Session 3: Group 18 red and blue

Medical Expenses Budget

Chronic Health Conditions

Psychiatric Illness

Alcohol Treatment $6792 – alcohol &drugs – 9 people for half the year

Drug Treatment See above

Acute Infectious Diseases $208 – 1-month supply for 52 people

Physical Assault

Sexual Assault

1 meal or less $3000 – 1 meal for 40 people every day for 25 weeks

Acute non-infectious

Tuberculosis

Total

Session 3: Group 18 red and blue