General Hospital has been in operation for 13 years. It has 6,000 admissions per year. The facility has expanded and will allow for 200 more admissions per year from now on. There are 2,500 linear feet of filing space available and half is being used the facility expects a 30% readmission rate. If a unit number/filing system is used how many file folders will be needed for the next year?

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The facility has 6,000 admissions per year and a 30% readmission rate. This means that there will be 1,800 readmissions per year. The facility has 2,500 linear feet of filing space available and half is being used. This means that there are 1,250 linear feet of filing space available. Each file folder requires 1 linear foot of filing space. Therefore, the facility will need 1,800 file folders for the next year.

General Hospital Has Been in Operation for 13 Years