Choose the options that reflect derived demand inputs for hospitals. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Equipment
2. Patients
3. Nurses
4. Healthcare quality
5. Good public relations
1, 3
Rationale 1: Input is the labor that produces a good output. Input in a hospital includes groups such as nurses, doctors, office staff, and items such as medical equipment and office equipment.
Rationale 2: Patients are necessary for a hospital to function but are the output of the facility.
Rationale 3: Input is the labor and the like that produces a good output. Input in a hospital includes nurses, doctors, office staff and items such as medical equipment and office equipment.
Rationale 4: Quality healthcare is an output of a facility.
Rationale 5: Good public relations in not an input but may be considered an output or result of quality care.
Global Rationale:
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