The average total charge, including hospital and physicians' charges, for the 24,010 visits was $383.29, the average direct cost was $166.28, the average total cost (direct plus indirect) was $209.42, and the marginal cost was $87.68 (42 percent of the average cost).he cost-to-charge ratios for the hospitals were calculated from 1993 hospital Medicare Cost Reports. These ratios were multiplied by charges to estimate direct and indirect costs for supplies, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, and miscellaneous items at the level of the individual visit.
William Gargan was born on July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as William Dennis Gargan. He was an actor, known for The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), You Only Live Once (1937) and Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941). He was married to Mary Kenny. He died on February 17, 1979 in San Diego, California, USA.
Donald Harington, Ozark Surrealist, Dies at 73. Donald Harington, who created a surreal rural mini-world in more than a dozen novels set in the fictional Ozark hamlet of Stay More, Ark., died Saturday in Springdale, Ark. He was 73 and lived in Fayetteville, Ark. The cause was complications of pneumonia, said his wife, Kim.