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The explanation notes that allocations for ALUs and SCUs are the
same except for maintenance, landscaping, administration,
insurance, contracts, utilities, and interest, which were
allocated on the basis of two-thirds of the SNF costs.
The report contains an allocation of costs to the emergency-
pull-cord system for ILUs for 1998.5 The cost was determined by
developing an average hourly rate for front desk staff monitoring
the system, multiplying this by the number of hours in a year
(because the system was monitored 24 hours a day), and then
adding an overhead cost factor of 30 percent of the staff cost.
On the basis of an average hourly rate of $7.75, the total cost
to monitor the emergency-pull-cord system for ILUs was determined
to be $88,257.6 Mr. Dalton calculated this allocation.
The report contains revenue totals for 1997 and 1998 for
monthly services fees from ILU residents. For 1997, the total
monthly service fees from ILU residents are listed as $7,979,906.
For 1998, the report lists total monthly service fee revenue of
5The report does not contain a cost allocation to monitor
the system for ILUs for 1997.
6The following represents the calculations contained in the
report:
Hours required (365 days x 24 hours) 8,760
Average hourly rate 7.75
Total staff cost $67,890
Overhead of 30 percent 20,367
Total cost to monitor $88,257
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