Butler Hospital Wants to Estimate the Cost for Each Patient

Essay

Butler Hospital wants to estimate the cost for each patient stay.It is a general health care facility offering only basic services and not specialized services such as organ transplants.
Required:
a.Classify each of the following costs as either direct or indirect with respect to each patient.
b.Classify each of the following costs as either fixed or variable with respect to hospital costs per day.
$\begin{array} { l }&\text { Direct }& \text {Indirect }& \text { Fixed }& \text { Variable }\\ \text {Electronic monitoring }&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_ \\ \text {Meals for patients }&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_ \\ \text {Nurses' salaries }&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_ \\ \text {Parking maintenance }&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_ \\ \text {Security }&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_&\_\_\_ \\\end{array}$