Complete Exercises 7.2 and 7.6 on pages 183 and 185 in Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management. Use the Excel document below to record your answers

Question 7.1 Utilize the information from exercise 6.2, where pre-and post examination processing of patients in an outpatient clinic invloves various tasks performed by clerk and nurses.

A. Excluding the wait times by patients, recalculate the standard time

B. If there were an average of 1,800 patient visits to the outpatient clinic, what would be the standard hours per month?

C. Of the target utilization rate of the facility is 80 percent; the indirect support time per visit is 0.10 hiur; and the total administrative time by all staff in a given day is five hours, what is the target FTE level for the clinic?

D. If fringe benefits account for 9 percent of the target FTEs, what are the required FTEs?

7.6 Table EX 7.6

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ICU CCU SURG MED PED OB/GYN

7,000 8,000 8,500 9,000 7,500 6,500

A. Assumming an 85 percent Utilization level and that everything else is constant, how many RN FTEs, should be hired to satisfy the patient care demand in each unit?

B. The FTEs hire for SURG, MED, PED, and OBGYN are scheduled for eight-hours shifts on a 5/40 plan, and they will get ten holidays, six sick days, and fifteen paid vacation days per year. How does this information affect your FTEs?

C. The FTEs hire for the ICU and CCu are to be scheduled for ten-hour shifts on a 4/40 plan, and ICU and CCU nurses get the same benefits as do other unit nurses. How mant does this information affect your FTEs