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St. Sophia's Hospital is preparing its budget for the coming year. It uses an activity-based approach for all costs except physician care. Its emergency room

St. Sophia's Hospital is preparing its budget for the coming year. It uses an activity-based approach for all costs except physician care. Its emergency room has three activity areas with cost drivers as follows:
1. Reception—paperwork of incoming patients. Cost driver is the number of forms completed.
2. Treatment—initial diagnosis and treatment of patients. Cost driver is the number of diagnoses treated.
3. Cleaning—general cleaning plus preparing treatment facilities for next patient. Cost driver is the number of people visiting emergency room (patients plus person(s) accompanying them).
 

  Budgeted Amount of Cost Driver
Activiy AreaCost Driver RatesOutpatientsAdmitted Patients
Reception$ 628,400 forms6,500 forms
Treatment1228,000 diagnoses5,400 diagnoses
Cleaning237,400 people3,400 people

 

a. Prepare the total budgeted cost for each activity.
 

Activity Cost Budget
 ReceptionTreatmentCleaning
OutpatientsAnswerAnswerAnswer
Admitted PatientsAnswerAnswerAnswer
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