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E.5 Beth Zion Hospital has received initial certification | |||||
from the state of California to become a center for liver transplants. | |||||
The hospital, however, must complete its first 18 transplants | |||||
under great scrutiny and at no cost to the patients. The | |||||
very first transplant, just completed, required 30 hours. On the | |||||
basis of research at the hospital, Beth Zion estimates that it will | |||||
have an 80% learning curve. Estimate the time it will take to complete: | |||||
a) the 5th liver transplant. | |||||
b) all of the first 5 transplants. | |||||
c) the 18th transplant. | |||||
d) all 18 transplants. PX | |||||
E.6 Refer to Problem E.5. Beth Zion Hospital has just been informed that only the first 10 transplants must be performed at the hospital | |||||