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I need a quick answer please.

Case 4-1 In Tact, thal is the only cperation it perfors, and it performis a greal miany fherm. Over the past two decades this small 144-bed hospilal has averaged 11,320 operalions anually Shouldice Hospital in Canada is widely known for orne hng-her ep Last year, it had a record year and perfonried riearly 11,820 operatiois. A hemia repair operation at Shouldice Hospital is perfonmed by one of the 12 full-time surgeons assisted by one of seven part-time assistant surgeons. The first operations begin at 730 AM each day Monday through Friday Surgeons generally take about one ourto prepare r and per nrm e h hemia o en on and operate on an ? era e n at most nur patients per day This our pa ent per Ry im n he average num er o one ations e nr med per su geon has been und to he lhe best operating lovel tor the hospital as it take into account time the surgeons nocd for patient exams and consultatons, updating mod cal charts, wrting reports, traveling to protessional conterenoes, vacations, and other times when they are pertorming other dutios or are not available to perfom surgones. A given surgcon may perform more than four surgcrics on a given day, but the average cannot cxcood four without having adversc etects on overall hoso tal cperatons. The surgeons' day cnds at 4 p.m Allhough hernia repair operalions are perforned only live days a week, lhe rermainer of Ihe ospilal is in operaliori contnuously lo atleid lo recovering palienls. The table below shows the room occupancy plan for the existing system. Each row in the table follows the patients who checked in on a given day The columns indicate the number of patients in the hospital on a given night. CHECK-IN DAY MONDAY TLESDAY WEONESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Manday Tursday 48 Total 06 48 48 For exam 1 he isl row or he lable shows tial 48 p le checked In on Monday and were in lh? ho that there are 144 patients staying in the hospital that night Tuesday and Wednesday n hls bel re arged on Thursday. By s mming he column o the ble o Wednesday, we see a o on rig dis How well is the hospital curently utilizing its beds? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Tuesday Thursday Friday Total

Explanation / Answer

Utilisation = occupancy / capacity

Monday's utilisation = 96/144 = 66.66

The table below shows utilisation for the week

Day Utilisation % Monday 66.66 Tuesday 100 Wednesday 100 Thursday 100 Friday 66.66 Saturday 33.33 Sunday 33.33

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