Assessing the feasibility of continuing an allied health educational program: a strategic planning model.

Some allied health programs consume more resources than they generate. Decision makers are often required to evaluate the need for continuing such programs. This paper presents a methodology for analysis of programs that do not cover their costs with the revenue that they generate. Although the subject presented is a clinical laboratory science program, the methodology and the examples provide a model and instruction on how to conduct a similar analysis for any allied health program, and a summary of the types of conclusions such an analysis might afford.