A Clinic Uses Doctors and Nurses Optimally and Is Servicing

question 87

Multiple Choice

A clinic uses doctors and nurses optimally and is servicing the maximum number of patients given a limited annual payroll. The last doctor hired treated 1,600 extra patients in a year, while the last nurse hired treated 1,000 extra patients in a year.
-If doctors make $64,000 a year and nurses make $40,000 a year, then

• A) the clinic could serve more patients by hiring more doctors and fewer nurses.
• B) the clinic could serve more patients by hiring fewer doctors and more nurses.
• C) the clinic is making the correct decision.
• D) the clinic is not making the correct decision because the additional patients per dollar spent on doctors is greater than the additional patients per dollar spent on nurses.
• E) a and d

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