CEO compensation and hospital financial performance

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 725-738

  Reiter, Kristin L ^a   Sandoval, Guillermo A ^b   Brown, Adalsteinn D ^b   Pink, George H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Financial performance; Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; PHYSICIAN INCOME;

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 70449452957     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709338479     Document Type: Article

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