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Absorption Costing
Marginal Costing
• Process Costing
Marginal Costing
Marginal Costing differentiates costs in to fixed
and variable costs. Decisions are made based on
the variable costs. It is used in analysis of cost of
additional unit of service. It is useful deciding
outsourcing of an acitivity.
• Medical Departments.
• Medical Support.
• Service Departments,
• So how do we go about?
• Divide services in to OP and IP
• Under each service ( which may be a treatment or procedure) determine the
unit of service. Example Physio-therapy- minutes per patient
• Patient specific consumption of such units of service to be traced.
• Patient specific directly identifiable cost to be traced.
Material consumption.
Control over lab materials: over stocking and spoilages
Utilization of Kits where ever applicable
Retests done due to various reasons leading to higher
consumption of material & energy.
Equipment Utilization and Maintenance
Maintenance including reagents and power
consumption.
• Ward Stock.
• Medicines
• Consumables.
• Ward Staff Cost.
• This depends on combination of different bed
categories in the same floor.
• Bed Side Procedures.
• Equipment and materials.
S.Manivannan,
smv@parmahealthcare.com
+919840976340