Nonoperating revenue and hospital financial performance: Do hospitals rely on income from nonpatient care activities to offset losses on patient care?

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Singh, Simone R ^a   Song, Paula H ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital financial performance; hospital profitability; investment income; nonpatient care revenues; not for profit hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 84880218573     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31825f3e16     Document Type: Article

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