Essentials Of Cost Accounting For Health Care Organizations 3rd Edition by Steven Finkler, David Ward,Judith Baker

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Wagner Hospital currently allocates all maintenance department costs based on departmental square feet. However, the manager of the pharmacy department has suggested that an ABC approach be used for the portion of the maintenance department costs that relate to repairing equipment. His contention is that the pharmacy has relatively little equipment that breaks. However, it must subsidize many high-tech departments that require expensive equipment repairs. Using the data given below, calculate the maintenance cost assigned to the pharmacy using the existing method and an ABC approach.