The average total charge, including hospital and physicians' charges, for the 24,010 visits was $383.29, the average direct cost was $166.28, the average total cost (direct plus indirect) was $209.42, and the marginal cost was $87.68 (42 percent of the average cost).he cost-to-charge ratios for the hospitals were calculated from 1993 hospital Medicare Cost Reports. These ratios were multiplied by charges to estimate direct and indirect costs for supplies, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, and miscellaneous items at the level of the individual visit.
William Gargan was born on July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as William Dennis Gargan. He was an actor, known for The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), You Only Live Once (1937) and Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941). He was married to Mary Kenny. He died on February 17, 1979 in San Diego, California, USA.
Gargantua (1929 - November 1949) was a captive lowland gorilla famed for being exhibited by the Ringling Brothers circus. He has been credited with saving the business from bankruptcy. An acid scar on his face gave Gargantua a snarling, menacing expression, which the circus management exploited by generating publicity falsely exaggerating his purported hatred of humans. He was also claimed to be the largest gorilla in captivity. Gargantua was captured as a baby in Africa, and was known as Buddy for years. After he was sold to Ringling Brothers by his previous owner, Gertrude Lintz, he was renamed, after FranÃ§ois Rabelais's the giant character, to sound more frightening.