Least-Cost Hospital Food Service Systems

John F. Freshwater

No 313791, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: The ready-food system of delivering hot food from the tray-assembly line using a split or divided tray (identified by the code B-2) was selected as the least-cost hospital food service system. This system was selected over the 19 other food service systems analyzed in this research. During the conduct of this research, linear time and cost equations were developed for 32 types of food service operations. These data may be used to estimate system costs for new or expanding hospitals.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70
Date: 1980-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313791

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