Financial viability, medical technology, and hospital closures

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Prince, Thomas R ^a   Sullivan, Julie A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Deloitte Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix index; FDA Y2K rules; Hospital closures; Information systems; Medical technology priorities; Proactive health care entities; Strategic assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; INVESTMENTS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034120681     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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