A Portfolio Approach to Strategic Hospital Analysis: Exposition and Explanation

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 68-74

  Drain, Margaret ^a   Godkin, Lynn ^b  

^a Houston Community College   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Portfolio management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030229391     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199623000-00008     Document Type: Article

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