Suppose that a medical school provides three outputspatient care, education, and researchand that the total cost of

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Suppose that a medical school provides three outputs—patient care, education, and research—and that the total cost of the school is $100 million per year. If the school produced only education, its costs would be $60 million. If the school produced only patient care, its costs would be $30 million. If it produced only research, the costs would be

$20 million. Joint costs for each pair would be $10 million.

(a) What are the pure costs of education, patient care, and research?

(b) What are the joint costs?

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The Economics Of Health And Health Care

ISBN: 9781138208049

8th Edition

Authors: Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano

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