title: Emerging trends in health care finance.
abstract: Access to capital will become more difficult. Capital access is dependent on ability to repay debt, which, in turn, is dependent on internally generated cash flows. Under any health care reform proposal, revenue inflows will be slowed. The use of corporate finance techniques to limit financial risk and lower cost will be a permanent response to fundamental changes to the health care system. These changes will result in greater balance sheet management, centralized capital allocation, and alternative sources of capital.
authors.affiliation: Ziegler Securities, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sterns
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics; D007449:Investments; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States