Northwest Hospital is a full-service hospital that provides everything from major surgery and emergency room care to outpatient clinics. For each cost incorrect at Northwest Hospital, indicate whether it would most likely be a direct cost or an indirect cost of the specified cost object by listing the number and a "D" for direct or an "I" for indirect. For example: 1D, 2D, etc.

Cost / Cost Object
1 The wages of pediatric nurses / The pediatric department
2 Prescription drugs / A particular patient
3 Heating the hospital / The pediatric patient
4 The salary of the head of pediatrics / The pediatric patient
5 The salary of the head of pediatrics / The particular pediatric patient
6 Hospital chaplain's salary / A particular patient
7 Lab tests by outside contractor / A particular patient
8 Lab tests by outside contractor / A particular department

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