Contact the controller of a local hospital, and arrange an interview. Ask the hospital controller the following questions, and write up the responses:
a. How many support departments do you have in the hospital? Will you describe several for me?
b. How many different revenue-producing departments are there in the hospital? Will you describe several for me?
c. How do you assign support-department costs to revenue-producing departments?
d. How many different products are there in the hospital?
e. How do you assign the costs of the support departments to individual products?
f. How many different products are costed in your hospital?
g. How do you determine the cost of a particular product?