Number of Patient Days Overhead Cost per Nursing Hour Overhead Cost per Patient Day Nursing Hours 22,000 27,500 128.26 118.72 Hospital Month Overhead Costs July......... $ 472,000 August ..... $ 520,000 September .. $ 419,000 October .... $ 456,000 November .. $ 562,000 December .. $ 450,000 18,000 98.82 3,680 $ 4,380 $ 4,240 $ 3,430 $ 5,620 $ 3,220 $ 21.45 $ 18.91 $ 23.28 $ 22.80 $ 19.38 $ 23.68 $ 132.94 20,000 29,000 19,000 100.00 139.75 Bailey Stenback is the Chief Operating Officer at Unity Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is analyzing the hospital's overhead costs but is not sure whether nursing hours or the number of patient days would be the best cost driver to use for predicting the hospital's overhead. He has gathered the following information for the last six months of the most recent year: Click the icon to view the information.) Read the requirements. Requirement 1. Are the hospital's overhead costs fixed, variable, or mixed? Explain. V cost, it would remain constant on a per unit (of activity) The hospital's overhead costs appear to be a cost. If it were a cost, it would remain constant in total each month. If it were a basis. Both of the hospital's overhead cost per nursing hour and overhead cost per patient day with volume