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The following data pertain to problems 6.3 through 6.6:
St. Benedict’s Hospital has three support departments and four
patient services departments. The direct costs to each of the
support departments are as follows:
General Administration $2,000,000
Facilities $5,000,000
Financial Services $3,000,000
Selected data for the three support and four patient services
departments are shown below:
department | patient services revenue | space (sq ft.) | Housekeeping labor hours | salary dollars |
General administration | 10,000 | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | |
Facilities | 20,000 | 5,000 | 3,000,000 | |
Financial Services | 15,000 | 3,000 | 2,000,000 | |
Total | 45,000 | 10,000 | $6,500,000 | |
Routine Care | $30,000,000 | 400,000 | 150,000 | $12,000,000 |
Intensive Care | $4,000,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 | $5,000,000 |
Diagnostic Services | $6,000,000 | 60,000 | 15,000 | $6,000,000 |
Other Services | $10,000,000 | 100,000 | 25,000 | $7,000,000 |
Total | $50,000,000 | 600,000 | 220,000 | $30,000,000 |
Grand total | $50,000,000 | 645,000 | 230,000 | $36,500,000 |
Q:
6.3 Assume that the hospital uses the direct method for cost allocation. Furthermore, the cost driver for general administration and financial services is patient services revenue, while the cost driver for facilities is space utilization.
a. What are the appropriate allocation rates?
b. Use an allocation table similar to Exhibit 6.7 to allocate the hospital’s overhead costs to the patient services departments.
Solution a:
Computation of allocation rate for support department cost | ||||
Support department | Direct Cost | Cost driver | Total usage of cost driver by Patient services department | Allocation Rate |
General Administration | $2,000,000.00 | patient services revenue | 50000000 | $0.04 |
Facilities | $5,000,000.00 | space utilization | 600000 | $8.33 |
Financial Services | $3,000,000.00 | patient services revenue | 50000000 | $0.06 |
Solution b:
Allocation of Support Department Cost to Patient Service Department | ||||
Particulars | Routine Care | Intensive Care | Diagnostic Service | Other services |
Patient service Revenue | $30,000,000.00 | $4,000,000.00 | $6,000,000.00 | $10,000,000.00 |
Space utilization (In Sq Ft) | 400000 | 40000 | 60000 | 100000 |
Allocation of General Administration cost (Patient service revenue * $0.04) | $1,200,000.00 | $160,000.00 | $240,000.00 | $400,000.00 |
Allocation of Facilities department cost (Space utilized * $8.3333) | $3,333,333.33 | $333,333.33 | $500,000.00 | $833,333.33 |
Allocation of Financial services department cost (Patient service revenue * $0.06) | $1,800,000.00 | $240,000.00 | $360,000.00 | $600,000.00 |