Early warning system for financially distressed hospitals via data mining application

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2271-2287

  Koyuncugil, Ali Serhan ^a   Ozgulbas, Nermin ^b  

^a Çankaya   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data mining; Early warning system; Financial distress; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA MINING; FINANCIAL EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; ACCOUNTING; DATA BASE; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DATA MINING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION TREES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FINANCIAL AUDIT; HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TURKEY;

EID: 84873029818     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9694-1     Document Type: Article

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