Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency room care to outpatient clinics.

Required:

For each cost incurred at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be a direct cost or an indirect cost of the specified cost object placing an X in the appropriate column.

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Direct Indirect Cost Cost Cost Object Cost A particular patient Ex. Catered food served to patients х The wages of pediatric nurses The pediatric department 1. A particular patient 2. Prescription drugs 3. Heating the hospital The pediatric department 4. The salary of the head of pediatrics The pediatric department A particular pediatric patient A particular patient A particular patient A particular department The salary of the head of pediatrics 5. Hospital chaplain's salary 6. 7. Lab tests by outside contractor 8. Lab tests by outside contractor