The practice administrator gathers the following information about the two clinical departments

for the past month

Monthly revenue Claims filed

$($including claims

re$-$submitted$)$

Patient visits

and consults

Sq$.$ feet of clinic

space

Neonatology $1,000,00025020010,000$

General peds $250,0001,00075020,000$

Based on the information you$$ve been given about the clinic$$s operations, which of the metrics the administrator collected do you think would be the best cost driver to use in allocating administrative department expenses to the clinical departments? Explain your answer.