Financial performance and managed care trends of health centers

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Martin, Brian C ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^b   Ward, Ryan D ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Health centers (HCs); Managed care; Practice administration; Safety net providers

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; PROFIT; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349140223     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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