title: Operating performance and financial constraints of Catholic community hospitals, 1986-1989.
abstract: This study documents many factors associated with differential operating performance of a sample of 235 Catholic community hospitals in the time period of 1986-89. A comparison of these hospitals indicates that a panel of 78 facilities with relatively high returns on net patient revenue made significantly higher proportional investments in medical technology, equipment, and facilities compared to a panel of 78 low return hospitals, and were larger in size measured in many different ways.
authors.affiliation: J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramanan
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D002017:Budgets; D002202:Capital Financing; D002410:Catholicism; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006296:Health Services; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States