O absorption costing and abc costing
a comparison in a hospital sector
Abstract
Several hospitals are unaware of their own cost and part of them use the absorption costing, however this methodology may distort the final cost of services rendered due to arbitrary allocations. Therefore, this article was elaborated with the intention of measuring and quantifying the real cost difference between two methodologies of calculation: absorption costing and activity-based costing (ABC). The objective is to analyze and demonstrate in detail the whole process of application of immunobiological drugs by ABC costing. The subject was approached in a qualitative way and its technical procedure was the case study. In the ABC the processes are fully mapped and demonstrate meticulously the details and costs of each activity developed. The ABC method has shown to be more effective regarding the degree of assertiveness of information.
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