Financial profiling of public hospitals: An application by data mining

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-83

  Ozgulbas, Nermin ^a   Koyuncugil, Ali Serhan ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Çankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CHAID decision trees; Data mining; Financial performance; Financial profiling; Public hospitals in Turkey

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SECTOR; REFORM PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION TREES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; TURKEY;

EID: 65549164410     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.883     Document Type: Article

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