title: Predicting hospital profitability in short-term general community hospitals.
abstract: This study evaluated the profitability of various business and staffing strategies pursued by community hospitals in Los Angeles County in the 1980s. Recommendations emphasized attention to core inpatient business, management of the care of publicly funded patients, reservation of hospital use for sicker patients, and pursual of revenue optimization strategies carefully.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cody
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friss
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Hawkinson
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D006302:Health Services Research; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D017722:Hospital Charges; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015141:Los Angeles; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012044:Regression Analysis