The Health Information Management Department at Sunnyside Hospital Needs to Establish

The health information management department at Sunnyside Hospital needs to establish the number of inpatient coders needed. The number of inpatient records to be coded per hour is 8, the number of hours worked per day is 7.5, allowing for a 30-minute lunch break. This means the coder would need to code 50 records per day. The daily discharges from the facility are 75. Calculate the staffing needs.

A) 1.49
B) 1.6
C) 1.4
D) 1.5