A critical review of financial measures as reported in the Ontario hospital balanced scorecard

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 48-56

  Parkinson, John ^a   Tsasis, Peter ^a   Porporato, Marcela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drivers of performance; Financial health; Hospital balanced scorecard

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CANADA; CAPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; ONTARIO;

EID: 37349045308     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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