Financial sustainability of academic health centers: Identifying challenges and strategic responses

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 853-857

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Shiyanbola, Oyewale O ^a   Jacobson, Janelle J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903618404     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000252     Document Type: Review

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