Discussion Question 1

You are a Clinical Director for Sanita Virtual Hospital. You just got your monthly financial report and saw that you were $8,260.00 above your budget of $202,480 on your staffing budget. You werent too concerned because you knew you had 111 more patient days than your expected budget of 930 patient days. You checked the staffing report and found that you paid 7458 hours against a budget of 7500.

What are the volume, efficiency and rate variances?

What should you be concerned about, if anything?

What should you do, if anything?