Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance Chapter 6 end of chapter problem 6.1

Consider the following 2012 data for Newark General Hospital (in millions of dollars).

Simple Budget Flexible Budget Actual Budget

Revenues $4.7 $4.8 $4.5

Costs 4.1 4.1 4.2

Profit 0.6 0.7 0.3

a. Calculate and interpret the two profit variances.

b. Calculate and interpret the two revenue variances.

c. Calculate and interpret the two cost variances.

d. How are the variances related?