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               Petitioners maintain the hospitals' books and records on a             
          functional accounting system which separates the various                    
          functions of operating a hospital into general ledger cost                  
          centers whether or not those functions represent separate                   
          responsibility cost centers.  Accordingly, revenues and expenses            
          for the same function are recorded in the related revenue and               
          expense centers9 shown in petitioners' chart of accounts.10  The            
          hospitals' revenue centers generally are classified into routine            
          services and ancillary services.  Examples of routine service               
          revenue centers are Medical & Surgical Acute Care, Intensive                
          Care--Medical, and New Born Care.  Examples of routine ancillary            
          revenue centers are Central Supply, Laboratory, and Blood Bank.             
          Additional details indicated in the accounting system are the               
          classification of the particular revenue within the revenue                 
          center, such as inpatient or outpatient revenue, the type of                
          payment expected with respect to the patient, and the                       
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               For example, the central supply center would be credited or            
          charged with all direct revenues and expenses incurred in                   
          preparing and issuing medical and surgical supplies and other               
          equipment to patients.  Appropriate subaccounts would be                    
          established to accumulate the expenses of the center under                  
          classifications such as salaries and wages, professional fees,              
          supplies, etc.                                                              
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               A chart of accounts is a listing of account titles, with               
          numerical symbols, employed in the compilation of accounting data           
          concerning the assets, liabilities, capital, revenue, and                   
          expenses of an enterprise.  American Hospital Association, Chart            
          of Accounts for Hospitals 25 (1966 ed.).                                    
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