The Chambers Canadian Hernia Clinic is a single condition medical facility that
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The Chambers Canadian Hernia Clinic is a single condition medical facility that performs hernia surgeries. Some surgeries are for single hernias and others are for double hernias. (If you don’t know what a hernia is, consider yourself lucky.) On average one third of the patients checking in each day have double hernias. These patients generally stay for 3.6 nights – twice as long as the average patient with a single hernia. Answer the following:
1. On an average day 135 patients check in. On average, how many patients of each type are in the clinic on a given day?
2. How many times per month does the clinic turn over its inventory of patients (assume we operate 7 days per week and have 30 days in a month).
3. The cost of the actual procedure is fully covered by the government, but the patient pays for the room. The average double hernia patient pays a rate of $250 per day and single hernia patients pay an average of $210 per day. What is the average revenue the clinic receives per day per occupied room?
Explanation / Answer
a)Single hernia patients
RL= 135*2/3= 90
IL= Tl * RL
= 1.8 * 90 = 162
Similarly Double hernia patients = 3.6 * 45 = 162
Answer: 162 of each type
b)Total inventory = 324 (162*2)
Turn over per day = 135/324 = 0.4167/day * 30 = 12.5 turns/month
c)average revenue
half the rooms are occupied by each type
avg revenue = 0.5 *250 + 0.5*210 = 230
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