Healthcare Budgeting and Captial Projects/MHM502 Mod 3 SLP

Abstract

Gateway Dental Group of Riverside (GDGR , located on 10286 , Indiana Avenue , Riverside , CA 92503 , is a privately owned profit seeking hospital that specializes in dental health . According to the website of the GDGR (2006 , the hospital makes use of a host of technological devices including the use of advanced camera technology to better treat patients

The hospital has spare floor place and given the surge in the reputation of its surgical staff , there is word that adding two more operation theatres to its present five might become necessary if it

is to prevent repeatedly turning down customers due to long waiting lists .Costs and Revenues

The main ingredients to a dental operation theatre comprise a fully equipped dental chair and a ready supply of surgical items . A dental chair , made in China and of an acceptable quality , might cost up to USD 3 ,500 and may last up to 5 years . The increased requirement for surgical items is treated as an incremental cost and would come to USD 2 ,500 per year per operation theatre . The same holds for the technological requirements of the operation theatres . Each operation theatre would require USD 2 ,700 each in state of the art technological infrastructure like oral cameras

Along with this are the costs of preparing the floor space for the installation of the operation theatre . It is estimated that the excess floor space at GDGR may require USD 3 ,000 in repair , refurbishment and preparation to be completely ready for its...