Scarcity Resource Allocation Lab

Allocate limited money, workforce and service capacity, then examine what your choices provide and what they leave unfunded.

Available resources

Choose programme packages

Allocation consequences

Budget
Workforce
Service capacity
Illustrative health gain0
People reached0
Equity reach0%

Selected programme mix

How this lab represents scarcity
  • Each programme uses money, workforce and service capacity. The binding constraint is whichever resource reaches its limit first.
  • Funding one package can prevent another package from being funded. The forgone next-best feasible package illustrates opportunity cost.
  • Health gain, reach and equity reach are different objectives. No single display determines the ethically correct allocation.
  • Increasing the budget may not expand care when workforce or capacity remains constrained.
  • The programme values are synthetic and deliberately simplified. They are not evidence, forecasts or recommendations for a real health system.