A strategy for enhancing financial performance: A study of general acute care hospitals in south Korea

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Choi, Mankyu ^a   Lee, Keon Hyung ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Hospital; Profitability; South Korea; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCOME; KOREA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FINANCIAL AUDIT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; INCOME; KOREA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIETIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 58849110763     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCM.0b013e31818c806e     Document Type: Article

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