The following assignment discusses Certificate of Need Laws (CON Laws). Certificate of Need (CON) refers to a legal document required in some states for acquisitions, expansions, or creations of healthcare facilities. Some states have CON Laws while others do not. The following question pertains to utilization of hospital services. i. Discuss the demand for hospital services and supply of hospital services. Briefly list who would fall in the demand category and what would entail the supply side. 11. Discuss how COVID hospitalizations affected utilization of hospital services. (Demand/Supply/both??) 111. Use two graphs to show how COVID hospitalizations affected utilization of hospital services in states with CON laws versus states without CON laws. iv. What happened to utilization of hospital services by a non-COVID patient (for example, a pregnant lady that has to deliver her baby, or a person having a heart attack)? In which state will this patient have a higher chance of survival? V. Some of the CON Law states relaxed their legal requirements. Discuss the theoretical predictions on health outcomes in states that relaxed their CON laws versus states that did not relax their CON laws