The Housekeeping Services department of Ruger Clinic, a multispecialty
practice in Toledo, Ohio, had $100,000 in direct costs during 2007.
These costs must be allocated to Ruger’s three revenue-producing
patient services departments using the direct method. Two cost
drivers are under consideration: patient services revenue and hours of
housekeeping services used. The patient services departments generated
$5 million in total revenues during 2007, and to support these clinical
activities, they used 5,000 hours of housekeeping services.
a. What is the value of the cost pool?
b. What is the allocation rate if:
• patient services revenue is used as the cost driver?
• hours of housekeeping services is used as the cost driver?