Question

Del Norte Clinics is a network of outpatient clinics in a rural area of the northwest. Each clinic tracks the number of patients treated (excluding those referred to an inpatient facility) and the number of professional-hours (doctors, nurses, and other licensed professional) spent on patient treatment. The following data are from three clinics for the previous year. Patients treated Professional hours clinic A 4,221 4,123 clinic B 4,512 3,322 clinic C 1,449 1,569 Required: a. Compute the partial productivity measures for professional staff for each of the three clinics. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Location Partial Labor Productivity Clinic A Clinic B Clinic C

Answer 1

Productivity measures the ratio of output to input.

Here partial productivity measures = patients treated / professional hours

Clinic A = 4221/4123=1.024

Clinic B= 4512/3322= 1.358

Clinic C=1449/1569= 0.924