What does free cash flow tell us about hospital efficiency? A stochastic frontier analysis of cost inefficiency in California hospitals [0.03%]
现金流能反映医院效率吗？加利福尼亚州医院成本无效率的随机前沿分析
William R Pratt
William R Pratt
Hospitals are facing substantial financial and economic pressure as a result of health plan payment restructuring, unfunded mandates, and other factors. This article analyzes the relationship between free cash flow (FCF) and hospital effici...
Scott Koenig
Scott Koenig
The antidote for a healthy bottom line is a streamlined payment recovery process from self-pay patients. Due to the current high unemployment rate and a resulting spike in self-pay patients, CFOs must be proactive and identify self-pay debt...
Kreag Danvers,Pavel Nikolov
Kreag Danvers
Organizations outsource non-core service functions to achieve cost reductions and strategic benefits, both of which can impact profitability performance. This article examines relations between managerial outsourcing decisions and profitabi...
Outsourcing administrative functions: service organization demonstrations and Florida Medicaid PCCM program costs [0.03%]
行政职能外包：服务组织展示及佛罗里达州医疗补助PCCM项目成本
Christopher E Johnson,Christy Harris Lemak,Allyson G Hall et al.
Christopher E Johnson et al.
This study examines the cost implications of outsourcing Medicaid functions to the private sector. We examine the expenditures for enrollees in three Medicaid primary care case management (PCCM) demonstration projects compared to Florida's ...
Lorraine McClenny Wright,Tanisha Clancy,Pamela C Smith
Lorraine McClenny Wright
This article examines the recent significant changes to the Form 990 information return for tax-exempt organizations. Specifically, we address those changes to the return that may impact the health care industry. The Internal Revenue Servic...
Salih Mollahaliloglu,Sahin Kavuncubasi,Hakki Gursoz et al.
Salih Mollahaliloglu et al.
Treatment disparities in medication prescribing for Alzheimer's: disease among ethnic groups [0.03%]
阿尔茨海默病患者药物处方的治疗差异：族裔群体间的比较研究
Martha Perryman,Marisa Lewis,Patrick A Rivers
Martha Perryman
Objectives: The purpose of this explanatory study was to determine whether medication prescribing for Alzheimer's disease (AD) differs by racial and ethnic group membership. The following research question was examined in...
James C Brau,Jonathan M Holloway
James C Brau
This article reviews the extant literature regarding the three new issues phenomena: hot issue markets, first-day underpricing, and poor long-run performance as they apply to the heath care industry. Given the "creeping corporatization" of ...
Effect of participating in Taiwan Quality Indicator Project on hospital efficiency in Taiwan [0.03%]
参与台湾医疗品质指标计划对医院效率的影响分析
Hsuan-Lien Chu,Chen-Chin Wang,Shu Fen Shiu
Hsuan-Lien Chu
Objective: To examine the effect of participating in Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP) on hospital efficiency and investigate why hospitals participate in TQIP. ...
Variability in Medicare reimbursement and resource intensity in end of life acute care [0.03%]
医疗保险报销和终末期急性护理资源利用的差异性分析
Carol A Galeener,James R Langabeer
Carol A Galeener
This study explores whether ownership type of Texas general hospitals affects the total number of inpatient days consumed by chronically ill Medicare patients during their last two years of life. Data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care...
Comparative Study
Journal of health care finance. 2009 Summer;35(4):24-31. DOI: 2009