Management strategies and financial performance in rural and urban hospitals

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-255

  Wang, Bill Binglong ^a   Wan, Thomas T H ^b   Falk, James A ^c   Goodwin, Dan ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

financial performance; hospital performance; management strategies; rural urban comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INCOME; MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFIT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; ACCOUNTING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL AUDIT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035430496     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010775104091     Document Type: Article

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