Principles of Financial Accounting.
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Chapter C, Problem 5E
1)
To determine
Compute the average cost per patient.
2)
To determine
Computation of cost/driver unit.
3)
To determine
Allocation of costs to general surgery unit and computing total cost and average cost per patient.
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House- Medical
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250
50
200
800
500
400
2,200
Time spent
[percentage]
10
10
20
30
20
10
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