Causes of financial difficulty in Catholic hospitals.
A study was conducted to see which attributes contribute most to financial distress in Catholic hospitals. The 1982 total population of U.S. Catholic hospitals was examined. The reason for financial distress was found to be more related to management attributes than to financial variables.
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St. Louis University, Health Statistician, Sisters of St. Mary Data Center, Missouri.
Safranski
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Martin
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Walker
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D001509:Bed Occupancy; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D002410:Catholicism; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003710:Demography; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics*; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States