Baker, Judith J.

Health care finance : basic tools for nonfinancial managers / Judith J. Baker, R.W. Baker. - 3rd ed. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011. - xviii, 443 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. HEALTHCARE FINANCE OVERVIEW. Introduction to healthcare finance -- What does the healthcare manager need to know? -- pt. II. RECORD FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. Assets, liabilities, and net worth -- Revenues (inflow) -- Expenses (outflow) -- Cost classifications -- pt. III. TOOLS TO ANALYZE & UNDERSTAND FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. Cost behavior and break-even analysis -- Understanding inventory and depreciation concepts -- Staffing: the manager's responsibility -- pt. IV. REPORT & MEASURE FINANCIAL RESULTS -- Reporting -- Financial and operating ratios as performance measures -- The time value of money -- pt. V. TOOLS TO REVIEW & MANAGE COMPARATIVE DATA. Common sizing, trend analysis, and forecasted data -- Using comparative data -- pt. VI. CONSTRUCT & EVALUATE BUDGETS. Operating budgets -- Capital expenditure budgets -- pt. VII. TOOLS TO PLAN, MONITOR, & MANAGE FINANCIAL STATUS. Variance analysis and sensitivity analysis -- Estimates, benchmarking, and other measurement tools.

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Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Health facilities--Finance.
Financial Management--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--economics--United States.
Health Facilities--economics--United States.
Health Facilities--organization & administration--United States.
Servicios de salud--Finanzas
Administración financiera--Estados Unidos.
Economía de la salud--Estados Unidos.

RA 971.3 / B167h 2011

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