You are the new chief executive officer for Memorial Hospital. This hospital is a nonprofit hospital with 300 beds and is located in a busy metropolitan area directly adjacent to a large university. Memorial is the only hospital within a 20-mile radius of campus, but construction on a new, competing hospital has just started within 5 miles.

What are three forecast content items? How will they be measured? What is the expected status of the content items in the future? Which forecasting techniques should you use? Why?

Lease Versus Purchase Decision Purchase Considerations Lease Considerations Borrow $1.6 million at 10 percent Lease payments of $26,000 per month for on declining balance 60 months (Includes Maintenance) Depreciate stratight line over five years Trade-in value of $130,000 at end of useful life Maintenance expense of $12,000 per year Revenues and labor and supply expenses are the same for both decisions and are not included in the analysis 1. Using a present value table, compute the purchase versus lease amounts (Show your work)