Budget cuts, declining inpatient activity, and changing patient care patterns have caused some institutions to carry out "rightsizing." The rightsizing process focuses on:
a. Units with occupancy rates below 10%
b. Units in which productivity goals have been exceeded
c. Units in which revenues exceed costs
d. Units in which fixed staffing levels have increased by a small percentage of the full-time equivalents (FTEs)
ANS: D
Rightsizing is a comprehensive and systematic process that studies ineffective, costly programs and generates ideas for replacing them with revenue-generating programs. Units that should be investigated include those in which fixed staffing levels have increased by a small percentage of the FTEs.
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